Colossians 2:8
King James Version
8 Beware lest any man spoil you
through philosophy and vain deceit,
after the tradition of men,
after the rudiments of the world,
and not after Christ.
I knew it would be coming.
But I didn't realize it would be this soon.
That man would be back at work, as he was needed again.
He was to have his dignity back.
This born again watchman had no doubt.
Man would always be needed for work.
Much as others wanted to replace him with ey-ay.
The "bubble" is becoming true.
Tech companies are now going easy on data centers.
What were their CEOs, CFOs, and CTOs thinking?
That they can take humans out of the "equation"?
Didn't GOD create us for work?
Aren't the work of our hands commendable, especially if they served others well?
Isn't human interaction the best form of interaction?
Why use machines to think for you?
Why even use if for inventories?
And they thought it would speed things up.
On the contrary, it slowed service down, and caused customer dissatisfaction, if not company confusion.
"Penny-wise" became "pound-foolish".
Sure, the engineers loved what ey-ay can do.
"Efficiency" experts went ga-ga over what they thought the "system" could do.
So they did away with "redundant" workers -- or so they thought.
But the system cost their company tons of money, blowing their budget.
It wasn't so "smart" after all.
Thus, it's now back to basics.
Back to humans.
These greedy tech giants think man can just be set aside, for a faster, cheaper, and more intelligent (?) option.
Not so, for GOD made man.
Genesis 1:26
King James Version
26 And God said,
Let us make man in our image, after our likeness:
and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea,
and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle,
and over all the earth, and over every creeping
thing that creepeth upon the earth.
Genesis 1:27
King James Version
27 So God created man in his own image,
in the image of God created he him;
male and female created he them.
Genesis 1:28
King James Version
28 And God blessed them, and God said unto them,
Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth,
and subdue it: and have dominion
over the fish of the sea,
and over the fowl of the air,
and over every living thing
that moveth upon the earth.
Data centers cannot take over agrarian lands, residential neighborhoods, communities, and mom and pop stores.
Man has not become richer (though a handful did).
Man has not become healthier (stress did him in).
We will ALWAYS go BACK to BASICS.
We will always need each other for work.
We will ALWAYS need GOD to guide us.
Sure, in the pursuit of futuristic production, man designed vertical farming, housed in controlled environments.
Where is the sun in that?
Where is the soil in that?
Where is the photosynthesis?
Has everything become artificial?
Are we to rely on robots, and programmers?
That's all contrary to what GOD declared man will be, after the "fall":
Genesis 3:17-19
King James Version
17 And unto Adam he said,
Because thou hast hearkened
unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree,
of which I commanded thee, saying,
Thou shalt not eat of it:
cursed is the ground for thy sake;
in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;
18 Thorns also and thistles
shall it bring forth to thee;
and thou shalt eat the herb of the field;
19 In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread,
till thou return unto the ground;
for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art,
and unto dust shalt thou return.
We will always be "rooted" to the soil.
Ecclesiastes 3:20
King James Version
20 All go unto one place;
all are of the dust,
and all turn to dust again.
So, farmers and those in agriculture, please keep at it.
Don't be bullied by those who want you give up your farms for their overheating data centers.
Continue to grow, according to GOD's will, design, and purpose -- and never for greed from those conglomerates.
As for the rest of us workers, let us continue to work with our hands, hearts, and minds, serving the LORD of GLORY alone.
And if we serve others, it's because we loved GOD first.
It's what JESUS taught us.
It's where the HOLY SPIRIT led this workman.
It's how we all need to be.
As we serve others.
And never in a mechanical way.
Ecclesiastes 3:22
King James Version
22 Wherefore I perceive that there is nothing better,
than that a man should rejoice in his own works;
for that is his portion:
for who shall bring him to see
what shall be after him?
John 13:34-35
King James Version
34 A new commandment I give unto you,
That ye love one another; as I have loved you,
that ye also love one another.
35 By this shall all men know
that ye are my disciples,
if ye have love one to another.
1 Thessalonians 4:11
King James Version
11 And that ye study to be quiet,
and to do your own business,
and to work with your own hands,
as we commanded you;
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