The iphone comes out today.
For weeks now there has been advertising about apples new iphone. It's projected to be the newest "gotta have" gadget. Some of the reviews I have read say that the iphone is indeed worth the hype it's received. One of the things about the iphone that supposedly makes it worthy of the hype is that it's much easier to view web pages on it than it is with many portable devices.
I love gadgets and I have noticed the advertising for the iphone. It seems like a pretty cool piece of equipment. However, I hadn't given much thought to the anticipated release of the iphone until I saw a picture in the paper of a man who has camped out in front a store for a day or two to be first in line to get an iphone. That guy obviously wanted an iphone badly.
The iphone will probably fall into the category of things that many will think "you just gotta have." It will be the newest "cool" gadget. I can see people gathered around someone that has purchased one looking at all it will do and being amazed and saying "I gotta get one of these."
Gadgets are neat and new cars are nice and clothes make us feel "new" but.... we need to remember what Jesus said about "stuff"; "Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal" (Matt. 6:19).
There is nothing wrong with purchasing things we like if we can afford them and if we like them as long as we realize they are not the most important things in life.
We need to remember what Jesus went on to say in that same chapter; "But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys, and where thieves do not break in or steal; for where your treasure is, there your heart will be also" (Matthew 6:20-21).