Mini Conversations | What is Social Media Forming in You?

From Inner Voice · 21:12

Show by Odette de Beer

What Is Social Media Forming In You?Part two of our comparison series, exploring social media, guarding your heart, and returning to the assignment God has placed in your hands.Social media did not create comparison, but it has made comparison constant.In this episode of The Inner Voice, Odette and Liezl continue their four-part series on comparison by asking a deeper question: what is social media forming in you?Together, they talk about the subtle way scrolling can shift our attention, interpretation, and peace. You can pick up your phone feeling settled, then put it down feeling anxious, flat, jealous, restless, or discouraged, even though nothing in your actual life has changed.This episode explores Proverbs 4:23 and the practical call to guard your heart with diligence. Guarding your heart is not about suspicion. It is about stewardship. It means paying attention to what repeatedly shapes your thoughts, desires, interpretation, peace, and direction.Odette and Liezl also unpack 2 Corinthians 10:12 and Galatians 6:4–5, reflecting on the difference between measuring ourselves against others and testing our own work before God. They talk about visibility, fruitfulness, hidden obedience, and why applause is not always approval.The conversation then moves to John 21, where Peter receives restoration from Jesus and then looks sideways at John. Jesus’ response, “What is that to you? You follow me,” becomes a tender and clear invitation back to focus, obedience, and personal faithfulness.This episode is an invitation to notice what comparison is revealing in you, pay attention to what social media is forming, and come back to your own life with peace, humility, and responsibility.In this episodeWe talk about:Why comparison is an old wrestle of the human heartHow social media has increased the frequency of comparisonWhy the heart and mind were not designed to carry hundreds of other people’s livesProverbs 4:23 and the practical meaning of guarding your heartHow scrolling can shift attention, interpretation, and peaceThe importance of asking, “What is this producing in me?”Why curated content can become a false standard2 Corinthians 10:12 and the danger of people becoming the measureGalatians 6:4–5 and the invitation to test your own workWhy visibility is not always fruitfulnessWhy speed is not always obedienceWhy applause is not always approvalThe hidden growth that happens beneath the surfacePeter’s restoration in John 21Jesus’ words: “What is that to you? You follow me”Returning to your own assignment, story, healing, and obedienceKey scripturesProverbs 4:23Guard your heart with diligence because out of it flow the issues of life.2 Corinthians 10:12Paul warns against measuring ourselves by ourselves and comparing ourselves among ourselves.Galatians 6:4–5Paul calls each person to test their own work and carry their own load.John 21:15–22Jesus restores Peter and redirects him from comparison back to following Him.Reflection questionsWhat do you usually feel after spending time on social media?Where does your peace tend to shift while scrolling?Are you being encouraged, sharpened, and grounded, or are you being pulled into restlessness, insecurity, and comparison?Where have you allowed someone else’s visibility to make your hidden obedience feel insignificant?What has God actually placed in your hands in this season?Gentle practice for the weekBefore or after spending time on social media, pause and ask:What is this producing in me?Am I clearer or more confused?Do I have peace or am I restless?Am I encouraged or diminished?Do I feel more connected to God and to my own life, or more pulled away from both?Then return to the words of Jesus:“What is that to you? You follow me.”You do not have to understand someone else’s path in order to be faithful in yours.You are not responsible for carrying another person’s assignment.Your life is still worthy of your presence, your stewardship, your obedience, and your peace.Because identity shapes decisions.And what you build should not cost you your own life in the process. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit odettedebeer.substack.com/subscribe

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