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The whole shebang of social media culture is driven by drawing attention. Warning: whatever builds public identity will invariably be required to sustain it. If we got attention with pain, we’ll need to stay in pain. If we got it by being offended, we’ll need to stay offended...
If we got it by appearing fierce, we’ll need to stay fierce. Beautiful? We’ll need to stay beautiful. The best in our field? We’ll need to stay the best. Good luck with all that. If your platform is cause-oriented, that’s one thing but if it’s your personal identity, it’s a trap.
Humans are rarely always anything. For Jesus followers, generally speaking, the only thing we always are is His. The most compelling thing we have going is the real us in Christ, this holy (con)fusion of strength & weakness, of joy & pain, of faith & sight. This stirred up brew.
If you live follower-driven & numbers-driven in your public identity, you will be - not might be, you WILL be - a sham. An attention addict. Plastic. Desperate. Let numbers go. Be the real you in the real struggle following the real Jesus. What He builds, humans can’t tear down.
