Old Testament
Psalm 20:7-9
7 Some trust in chariots, and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the LORD our God.
8 They are bowed down and fallen, but we rise up, and stand upright.
9 Save, LORD! Let the King answer us when we call!
Common Good
Faith in the Age of Technology
Scripture References
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Matthew 6:25-34
25 Therefore I tell you, don’t be anxious for your life: what you will eat, or what you will drink; nor yet for your body, what you will wear. Isn’t life more than food, and the body more than clothing?
26 See the birds of the sky, that they don’t sow, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns. Your heavenly Father feeds them. Aren’t you of much more value than they?
27 “Which of you by being anxious, can add one moment to his lifespan?
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28 Why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow. They don’t toil, neither do they spin,
29 yet I tell you that even Solomon in all his glory was not dressed like one of these.
30 But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today exists and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, won’t he much more clothe you, you of little faith?
31 “Therefore don’t be anxious, saying, ‘What will we eat?’, ‘What will we drink?’ or, ‘With what will we be clothed?’
32 For the Gentiles seek after all these things; for your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things.
33 But seek first God’s Kingdom and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well.
34 Therefore don’t be anxious for tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Each day’s own evil is sufficient.
Thought for the Day
Psalm 20 draws a clean line through the fog of fear: some trust in chariots, some in horses, but we remember the name of the Lord our God. The psalm is not anti-tool. It is anti-idol. It names the human habit of leaning our whole weight on what can be measured and commanded, and then calling that trust ‘realism’.
Lord Jesus, teach us to use what is useful without being used by it, and to seek first your kingdom with an unhurried mind. Give us Sabbath for our thoughts.
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Jesus, in Matthew’s Gospel, turns from the machinery of anxiety to the gentler governance of the Father. Do not be anxious, he says, about food or clothing. Look at the birds. Consider the lilies. Worry feels like responsibility, but it cannot add a single hour. It can only shrink the soul.
Technology intensifies this temptation. We can begin to live as if salvation will arrive through the next device, the next update, the next system that finally makes life manageable. Or we can live as if disaster is one missed notification away. Scripture offers a quieter freedom: tools in our hands, but trust in our hearts set elsewhere; diligence without panic, competence without worship.
Prayer Points
Respond- Free us from anxious dependence on technology, and give us peaceful attention to what is truly needed.
- Give wisdom to those who build and regulate technology, that it would serve dignity rather than erode it.
- Protect children and the vulnerable from exploitation, manipulation, and harm in digital spaces.
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- Give the Church courage to be present: listening, patient, and unhurried in a hurried world.
- Teach us to remember your name when fear would push us towards false saviours.