Social media platforms like Instagram, TikTok, YouTube etc., allow users to follow people’s content they enjoy. For content creators, follower count is an important indicator of social capital – their ability to influence. As such, people with lots of followers are called “influencers”. People follow influencers either because others do or because they, too, like seeing the content they share. Whatever the reason for following other people’s accounts, we need to apply the John test to it. “Beloved, follow not that which is evil, but that which is good. He that does good is of God: but he that does evil has not seen God” (3 John 1:11). Is the content we are reading – the posts, stories, images, and videos – good or evil? Is it full of things of the Spirit – “The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control.” (Galatians 5:22-23), or is it full if the things of the flesh like sexual immorality, idolatry, hatred, disagreement, rage, and the like (Galatians 5:19-21). The difference will be whether we are influenced by those “of God” or those who have not experienced God – and that will make all the difference. Who do you want to be influenced by? Open Bible – http://bit.ly/3jo1v11, http://bit.ly/gal5v19-23, https://bit.ly/Share2Friends
