Beating FOMO With Faith

FOMO can feel like a low-grade panic you carry in your pocket. You open your phone for a second and suddenly you are measuring your real life against someone else’s best angles, best meals, best trips, and best timing. That fear of missing out is not harmless. It can drive stress, dissatisfaction, and the quiet belief that you are behind, even when you are doing fine.
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Good morning and welcome to Starting Right with Danny Mack. I'm going to be here every Monday to Friday to help you get a great five minute start to your day. So grab your cup of coffee, sit back, relax, and let me help you start your day right. Have you ever heard of FOMO? That's F O M O FOMO. You ever heard of it? It actually stands for the fear of missing out. It's a very real thing, apparently, that's growing and growing and causing a lot of problems for a lot of people. When I first heard about it, I wanted to find out a little bit more about what it was. And here's some of the things I came across. FOMO is an emotional response to the belief that other people are living better, more satisfying lives, or that important opportunities are being missed. FOMO often leads to feelings of unease, dissatisfaction, depression, and stress. The rise of social media has increased the prevalence of FOMO throughout recent years, and data suggests that it's most widespread throughout the millennial community. Another report that I read said this: smartphones and social media have escalated the occurrence of FOMO by creating situations in which users are constantly comparing their lives to the idealized experiences they see posted online. You may have heard the term social influencer. These are the people that are posting all of these things online. They're taking pictures of the meals they are eating, the hotels they're staying in, the planes they're flying on, the cars they're renting, the beaches and pools that they're sitting beside all day long. And there are people making money doing this because they have thousands and thousands of followers. And amongst these thousands and thousands of followers, people are getting depressed and stressed out because they're not able to have those things. And this fear of missing out is growing at a rapid rate amongst those who are watching all of this stuff online. Seems very strange, doesn't it? At least I find it very strange. The problem is that people who are struggling with emotional FOMO are struggling because they are wanting to live the lives they see somebody else living. They're not living their own lives, they're trying to live the lives of someone else. And this is where our relationship with Christ comes in so strong. Because none of us at any time are ever expected to live anybody else's life but our own. God has created each one of us, and in a relationship with Christ, each one of us have the ability to not miss out on anything that God has for us. We can experience His love and fullness and His specific plan for our own lives in all things. Listen to what Jesus says in Luke chapter twelve, starting in verse thirty. This is from the message translation. I love the way it puts it. People who don't know God and the way he works fuss over these things. But you know both God and how he works. Steep yourselves in God reality, God initiative, God provisions, and you'll find all your everyday human concerns will be met. Don't be afraid of missing out. You're my dearest friends. The Father wants to give you the very kingdom itself. Be generous. Give to the poor. Get yourselves a bank that can't go bankrupt. A bank in heaven far from the bank robbers, safe from embezzlers, a bank you can bank on. It's obvious, isn't it? The place where your treasure is is the place where you will most want to be and end up being. That's what Christ has for us. We don't have to worry about what anybody else has or what anybody else is doing. We will be able to live our lives in the most fulfilling and powerful way possible because God has a specific, unique plan for each one of us. Don't you think it's wonderful to be able to live a life where we have no fear of missing out? Where the truth is that God is with us, he will help us to experience everything that He has for us, that we can trust Him, who's much bigger than us, much more powerful and wise than we are, and He will pour into our lives what we need, not only here in this life, but for all eternity. Instead of having a fear of missing out, let's make sure that we have a faith in our mighty God, who we can trust and depend upon 100% always in all things, and we do not have to worry about missing out on what He has for us. Have a great day, my friends, and we will talk again tomorrow. Thank you for joining us today, and I invite you to join us every Monday to Friday, right here at Starting Right with Danny Mack.