I’ve been thinking about how much information we carry every day.
News. Texts. Emails. Politics. Social media. Business problems. Family schedules. Health advice. Money. Weather. Videos. Opinions. Tragedies happening across the world.
And all of it comes straight into our heads.
I’m not sure we were made to carry this much.
A few thousand years ago, life was still hard. In many ways, much harder than ours. But most people mainly knew what was happening in their family, their town, their work, and the land around them.
Today, before breakfast, we can know what happened overnight in Washington, Europe, the Middle East, Wall Street, Hollywood, and somebody’s kitchen three states away.
That’s a lot for one mind to hold.
And maybe that’s part of why so many of us feel tired even when we haven’t physically done much.
Our bodies can be sitting on the couch while our minds have traveled around the entire world.
We were given access to almost unlimited information, but unlimited information hasn’t necessarily given us more peace.
Sometimes it has done the opposite.
Maybe There’s Something There for Us
The Bible doesn’t tell us we need to know everything happening everywhere.
Jesus talked about daily bread.
He noticed the person standing in front of Him.
He walked.
He prayed.
He spent time with friends.
He withdrew to quiet places.
He didn’t allow every demand around Him to control His attention.
Maybe there’s something there for us.
Maybe one of the healthiest things we can say today is:
I don’t need to know everything.
I don’t need every headline.
I don’t need every argument.
I don’t need every notification.
I don’t need everybody’s opinion.
And I don’t have to carry every problem in the world as though God handed it personally to me.
There Are Things I Do Need to Carry
My faith.
My family.
The people God has put in front of me.
The work He has given me.
The opportunities I have to love, encourage, serve, and help someone today.
Jesus said:
“Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself.”
— Matthew 6:34
Maybe that verse means even more in an age where tomorrow’s problems are delivered to our phones twenty-four hours a day.
Information Isn’t the Same Thing as Wisdom
We have more information available to us than almost any generation in history.
But information isn’t the same thing as wisdom.
And knowing more isn’t always the same thing as living better.
Sometimes we need to turn the noise down.
Put the phone away.
Sit outside.
Talk to someone we love.
Pray.
Take a walk.
Read Scripture slowly.
Notice the life happening right in front of us.
Because maybe the goal was never to know everything.
Maybe the goal was simply to be faithful with the little part of the world God placed within our reach.
You are not responsible for carrying the whole world.
God already has that job.