In this day and age, being a millennial and not comparing yourself to others is increasingly difficult. With Facebook, Snapchat, and Twitter (to name a few,) there are never ending opportunities to base your value on how great your life is by how many likes or comments you receive on a post.

Also, if people only post highlights about their lives, then is the comparison truly a reality?

Social media is only a snapshot of someone's life, and it is easy to see a person's life as "perfect" when you cannot see the hardships that they face. It is easy to get caught up in jealousy and insecurity when all that we see are glimpses of someone's highlight reel.

Life is not a competition of trying to have the most idealistic life, yet we tend to make it seem that way. We are called to celebrate and rejoice in the victories of others and humbly accept our own accomplishments, yet we boast in what we have and become insecure in what we don't have. It truly does not matter though who has the most likes on Instagram or the most followers on Snapchat, but it is important to look up at the people around you.

We are called to not just be hearers but also doers of the Word of God, and part of this responsibility is being fully present in life and not missing key moments to share the Gospel with someone. When life is lived all about ourselves, then what truly is there to gain?

It is not possible to truly find satisfaction in how many followers or likes you have because every day it is changing. Our value cannot be found in something that is fleeting because it will ultimately lead to the destruction of how we see ourselves.

Now social media is not all bad, and I do use it frequently myself, but it is an issue when it becomes what you worship. This form of worship is unique because it is hard to catch, and it is easy to slip into our lives. It is not singing songs, but it is letting the internet become what you obsess over. It is slowly allowing you moments to let it capture your worth and try and make you believe that you matter because of how other people react to you online.

This virtual reality that we seem to interact with is not who we truly are, and it does not show the whole story.

We are all broken, and we are all searching to find satisfaction and worth when it cannot be found in anything this world has to offer. Our world is hungry for someone to tell us that we are loved no matter what we do or what we look like. The best part of this is that Jesus Christ came down to Earth and told the world these truths. He showed His unending love by dying on a cross for us to save us from darkness.

By believing in Christ and accepting Him into your life, it is neat to see how your gaze will shift from looking at your flaws in the mirror to looking up and seeing how The Lord handcrafted you and me to be beautiful-- to not focus on ourselves but on Him and others.