When looking into fairly recent technological innovations, facebook has become a great social networking tool. How does this apply to mission and God’s Kingdom? Well, I am glad you asked! The term “Facebook stocking” can become all too familiar concerning people’s relationship with God. This term usually relates to a person searching for a love interest’s profile, or trying to figure out who just friend requested them. The bottom line, their goal is to see the person, read about them, and decide if they are worthy of being sought after or accepted. Sadly, there is nothing personal about this relationship and therefore has no real meaning. We have, in a way, been found guilty of “God stocking.” You can obtain a lot of knowledge about him, but until you truly seek his will in your life and act on what he has called you to, your relationship will never become mutual or personal. God loves you no matter what; don’t get me wrong about the mutual part. What I am trying to say there is that you may think the relationship is more than it really is or you may not know the full truth about God, making your so called, “relationship,” with him naïve. In the sense of perusing through God’s profile (the Bible) we can come to a realization of who he is and decide to accept his “friend request.” The problem is: have you invested the right amount of time in getting to know God as a person?  John 1:14 “The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us.” Taking this into consideration, it is obvious that Jesus was sent to give a real life understanding to all that was known about God, through his Word prior to his coming. So, to build a solid relationship with God you have to know Jesus on a personal level and allow God to work through you to further his Kingdom. God is accessible and knowable through his Word as the book and his Word in the flesh; you just have to take the time to invest in the relationship beyond the comfort of your own knowledge base. Are you a facebook friend of God or are you totally (totes) a friend of God?   

 C. Davenport