day 641: Staying Relevant

“…They soon forgot his works”


I did an interview this week for MORE magazine on how to stay relevant in job search and hiring technology. As a part of the line of questioning I was also asked what someone who has been out of the workforce for a few years needs to know about technology and how can they stay relevant? It’s a hard question to answer in that anyone who gets away from the workplace for a few years is going to miss the introduction of new technologies and who they are used in the workplace. I think about someone who had become a stay at home parent during the mid-90’s and early 2000’s and really missed the whole internal to the workplace internet boom and all that came with it. When someone mentioned a Wiki-page, the had no idea what they were talking about. These things are going to happen and there isn’t much any of us can do about it if we are out of the workplace. But, we can stay in touch through friends, through reading and stay up to date with what technology that comes to us at home so that we stay open to learning new ways. The same home productivity tools are being developed for adoption as work and we can certainly keep abreast of those and what we do on our ipads and home operating systems. There is pretty much an “App” for anything if we are open to looking and learning.

The same can be said of our spiritual journey and our ability to be all that God wants us to be at work and in our lives. God’s piece of Technology that was given to us is His Word. If we aren’t consistently and constantly trying to learn and bring more of the Word into our lives then we run the same risk of falling behind in where we could be in our lives. We are called on each day to be relevant to others and if we are not up to date on what God wants us to know and be able to share, handle, lead, encourage or just hear, then we have missed an opportunity to be as far along on our journey as we could be. Today, are staying relevant by being in God’ Word daily? Are you finding a place of consistency in your prayers? Are you keeping up to date with that other believers are learning, experiencing and sharing? We are to stay relevant for our Lord so that we can be prepared for any of the work that He brings our way.

Reference: Psalm 106: 13 (New Living Testament)