Dancing. There’s nothing more fascinating than watching someone do a ten-second dance that everyone else is doing. Or is there?
TikTok came on the scene and quickly moved its way up the Social Media ladder. Its goal is to reach as many people as possible, especially you!
TikTok wasn’t created to make you smarter. It isn’t here to help you find out who you really are.
TikTok fulfills many people’s burning desire to be famous or at least know what it feels like to be famous. Are you able to live a life that you’re genuinely born to live and be on TikTok? Maybe. Or maybe, you’re meant to live a life that’s free from any amount of time you can spend scrolling on a social media platform. It’s where you get to take control of your life.
While TikTok can be very entertaining, those short clips we watch, even on IG, shorten our already short-term memory. There are several medical terms for this, including “addiction”. Other names for this addiction like “internet use disorder”, “smartphone use disorder”, and “TikTok Use Disorder (TTUD)” – yup it’s a thing – show the link to memory loss. You could be aging faster than your grandma, unless she’s on TikTok, too!
No matter the medical term, they all lead to depression and anxiety, and more in girls – especially in girls. Social Media is designed to keep you spending all of your time on it. How else do they make money? Your psychological and emotional development are in jeopardy, and you need them! Your brain is still growing and can be heavily influenced in a negative or positive way.
You have a God who loves you and created you for something other than watching content that does nothing for your beautiful mind and soul.
People create great lives and make lots of money on TikTok and other social media platforms, but at what cost? I’m not saying it’s wrong to make money, but making money doesn’t make you successful.
True happiness comes from within, not because of who we are but because of who made us. God made you, and He has a purpose for your life – one that’s better than you can imagine and that has nothing to do with money, even if you earn a lot of it..
Most forms of entertainment were developed with us in mind, as a commodity. We’re bought by TV and social media ads that making money off of us watching their ads. Meanwhile, we’re feeding our hungry desires to be validated. You are free without media. Without that dependency, you can do things you never thought possible.
There are whole organizations who want you hooked on their agenda. Ever heard of indoctrination? It’s when you’re told something over and over again until you believe it. You’re capable of living without your phone. You’re capable of living without social media, or at least limiting the time you spend on it, each week.
Trust God to help you make another decision.
TikTok has been designed to dumb you down. Did you know that? The TikTok in China, called Duoying, shows cool videos on Engineering, Math, and Science. And these aren’t just boring classroom videos, they’re cool and interesting to watch. Meanwhile, the US and other parts of the world get the twerking, half-naked, gender-focused TikTok.
Pray about that God opens your eyes. He’ll show you what’s been true all along. Many of you are looking for your identity, but it’s not in getting the most likes. It’s in Jesus, the One who created you in the first place.
What were you born to create? Do? As you grow in Christ, you learn that there’s nothing more important than loving God and letting His will be done in you. (Matthew 6:10) We can truly live like Heaven on Earth when we do our part to discover God’s will for our lives.
How do I find what I’m meant to do?
Prayer is always the best first step. It gives you the space to hear from God when He speaks to you. You might already know what brings you joy. If not, know that what you have to offer is so much more than you know, right now. You have to believe that. At least, we pray you do.
Thanks for reading!