To WHOM Should We Rely?
As one who lives within the world of higher education, oftentimes it’s easy to see how the burden of work can force students to make rash decisions. One moment students are marching along, doing their coursework, practicing their sport, toiling in a Work Study part-time job, and hanging with new friends. Then, in what seems like ‘all of a sudden,’ everything changes, and no longer are students doing their own coursework for themselves. Sure, they are still practicing their sports each day, working as scheduled, and enjoying student-life, but ‘suddenly’ they are no longer doing any coursework (or choosing only to do SOME). Instead, students begin to lean heavily on an intelligent form of HELP for their essays, for their math equations, for their lab projects, and for their presentations. Instead of using this intelligent form as a tool, these students are now allowing the “tool” to do EVERYTHING.
- Does it really matter who you are as a person?
- Is it important who you look for as your help?
- What should you seek to find?
- As a human being, should you seek for, look for a higher power?
Artificial Intelligence is here to stay; there’s no going back. Computers are now constructed with AI embedded into their hard drive. Students and employees are relying on it more and more. This additional “intelligence” has the capacity to make work easier, smoother, and faster. Even in the world of education, AI provides extra benefits for students striving to learn more, do more, and accomplish more than their predecessors. So, the questions become:
- Is it possible for your soul to seek after AI?
- Should you give AI the opportunity to become the one you cry out to in times of distress?
No, the Bible declares, you should not, for your cries, your seeking after, your worship SHOULD ONLY BE FOR THE LORD GOD WHO FASHIONED THE WORLD.
“Incline Your ear, O LORD, and answer me;
(The Psalms 86: 1-5 NASB)
For I am afflicted and needy.
Preserve my soul, for I am a godly man;
Be gracious to me, O Lord,
For to You I cry all day long.
Make glad the soul of Your servant,
For to You, O Lord, I lift up my soul.
For You, Lord, are good, and ready to forgive,
And abundant in lovingkindness to all who call upon You.”
- Should you call out to AI when in distress?
- Should you cry out to AI when life crumbles around you?
- Is AI to whom you are to pray or to trust?
- Is AI, a form of intelligence, where you are to turn for your internal joy? &
- Is this “artificial” intelligence the one for whom you were created to worship?
CRAZY QUESTIONS, I REALIZE!
Nevertheless, that seems to be the way of today’s world, a humanity that trusts AI to lead them to better healthcare as they search for answers to their sickness, or a person who trusts AI to take them on a journey to a better grade or finished work tasks. It makes a person wonder if anything was really gained or learned when AI becomes the end-answer.
- Can AI really know more than your physician?
- Does AI have more knowledge about which relationship you are to pursue?
- Should AI help you complete every assignment as you earn a degree from the university?
- Should you put faith in AI to lead you to whom you should date and marry?
“Give ear, O LORD, to my prayer;
(The Psalms 86: 6-10 NASB)
And give heed to the voice of my supplications!
In the day of my trouble I shall call upon You,
For You will answer me.
There is no one like You among the gods, O Lord,
Nor are there any works like Yours.
All nations whom You have made shall come and worship before You, O Lord,
And they shall glorify Your name.
For You are great and do wondrous deeds;
You alone are God.”
- Does it really matter who you are as a person?
- Is it important who you look for or seek to find?
- As a human being, should you search for a higher power?
- WHO were you really made for?
Therefore, who you are matters because your identity as a human being is found in God’s image. The Bible tells us so. What you seek after also matters because you were made for HIM—for GOD. We are only to have ONE MASTER and be slave to no lesser god. As believers in Jesus Christ, we are to walk in freedom, for one day, we are going home to heaven, where we will exist forevermore with our Father God, and our Savior. The Bible says so, and the Word of God speaks only truth!
Jesus said these words to explain to us our value to God:
“His master said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful slave.
(The Gospel According to Matthew 25: 21 NASB)
You were faithful with a few things,
I will put you in charge of many things; enter into the joy of your master.’ “
Little things, like stewardship, MATTER.
Small items, like thoughtful words of praise, MATTER.
Time events, like taking time to listen, MATTER.
Minute seasons of your day, like refusing to speak negatively about another person, MATTER.
Humans are called by the LORD, saved through the work of Christ Jesus on the cross and in the grave, and redeemed by God’s Amazing Grace.
- Artificial Intelligence can never give heaven to humans.
- Artificial Intelligence can never save our souls.
- Artificial Intelligence can never make us complete.
May you and I find JOY in our Maker & our Master.
May you and I be servants of God and not slaves bowed down on earth to anyone or anything else.
“Turn to me, and be gracious to me;
(The Psalms 86: 16-17 NASB)
Oh grant Your strength to Your servant,
And save the son of Your handmaid.
Show me a sign for good,
That those who hate me may see it and be ashamed,
Because You, O LORD, have helped me and comforted me.”