The One Echo Chamber We Should Never Leave
The phrase “echo chamber” has become commonly used in our culture. Due to the multiplicity of ways we can receive news and information, people often just gravitate toward outlets that reaffirm what they already believe. Thus, an “echo chamber,” because it is just repeating what they already believe.
People will just read or watch news from a channel that has a leaning toward their side. They will listen to podcasts that state what they already believe. They will watch YouTubers who reaffirm what they want to hear. And, scarcely if ever will they truly listen to the other side. In fact, the only thing they hear about the other side is just that “they” are wrong.
It is not a good way to live because it does not lead us to truly confront what we believe and think through it.
However, there is one echo chamber that we should never want to leave. And the reason is because this echo chamber does not just reaffirm what we already believe. In fact, if we take it in carefully, it will often question our thinking and will even cause us to want to change our way of viewing the world. It will build us up and will, at times, break us down. But we should never want to leave it. Oh, but it is an echo chamber that doesn’t start with a person; it starts in heaven.
It is the “echo chamber” of Scripture.
It is remarkable that, in a world where we can hear from any number of people, so few hear from God! But we live in a time where we can read the Bible readily. We can hear the Bible read to us. We have Bibles in print and on our devices. Why would we ever want to leave that echo chamber–the one that points us always to the God of the universe?
He will challenge what we think. He will cause us to evaluate our failings. He will help us see that we don’t know all the answers.
But He will also build us up and give us hope. He will show us not just information but love and mercy. He will help us know that we have purpose and destiny.
Get in that echo chamber–the one that resounds the glory of God–and never leave!
AUTHOR: Adam Faughn