King James Version
2 And be not conformed to this world:
but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind,
that ye may prove what is that good,
and acceptable,
and perfect, will of God.
A very interesting 2018 movie landed on my radar today -- "The Hummingbird Project".
It's interesting for it has many layers, and facets, on technology, greed, drama, God, and human choices.
Truly, the question is:
At what price, speed?
Would you junk other people, to gain a buck, even 500 million dollars a year?
Would you steal proprietary software?
Or would you create a your own?
Where does ethics come in at work?
Would you trespass on other people's lands, so you can dig a hole for your high-tech project?
Would you bypass these peaceful people's rights, having found a loophole to get under their lands, so you can complete your project?
Would you care about lemon farmers who do the dirty work, as you reap the profits from your commodity trading?
Would you care about any farmer at all?
Would you care about every day workers?
Would you set aside your family, as you focus on your project?
How far would you go for a buck?
How about 500 million dollars a year?
How much work would you put in if you were offered 300 thousand dollars bonus, in addition to your basic 150 thousand dollars salary, to dominate high-frequency trading, through your algorithms?
How far will you take your God-given brains to accomplish your objectives?
Would you choose to serve God?
Or will you sell out?
Will you choose to be God's, following His will alone, and not be used to destroy and discredit others, or make others addicted to your newest software, or hardware?
In the search for a fast buck, or for a peaceful conscience, what would you do?
Are you out to dominate the world?
How far would you go, to serve God, or to serve yourself?
What do you really care about?
Who are your real friends?
What does family mean to you?
Who is God to you?
What legacy would you leave your children?
These are but some of the questions that would pop up as you watch this movie, for you will see how people react, or respond, to temptations from the world.
And yet be faced by simple folks, who would not want to have anything to do with your promise of speed for the world -- at any price.
For they care about God only, and consider the land as God's.
And they know where speed and technology come from.
And they also know how it will all end for those who have succumbed to such temptations.
You will also see how, in one instant, all our ambitions can be flushed down the drain, when faced with life-threatening illness.
You will also see who God's real people are, the ones you've stepped on, and yet they still shelter you from the rain.
This is a wonderful movie of the times.
I hope you get to watch it.
I'm glad God led me to it today.
Interestingly, this article's hot on the trail of what I just wrote earlier:
Image: Pixabay
Updated 29 June 2022
