Many of my friends and colleagues are playing a game on their phone called 'Trivia Crack.' I know it must be a BIG deal to those addicted to its lure because I get requested several times daily to join in the phenomenon. Each time, I politely decline. I just don’t have any “Free Time” in my schedule (refer to previous blog on “Free Time”).
At lunch the other day, with two associates who shall remain nameless, I learned there is far more to this Trivia Crack than meets the eye. (Cue the theme to a popular television cartoon). There really is a “Transformer” story in the background. These unnamed associates were transforming before my very eyes. One turned into a 'secret agent' while the other morphed into a self-proclaimed temperaments analyst and power hungry baron who focused on deciphering rival players' tendencies, strengths, and weaknesses.
In discussing the game with these lunch associates, one shared a comment with me about yet another gamer, "Yeah, cheating is their preferred path to victory." Both agreed that successfully playing the game was as much about knowing your opponent as it was about getting the questions right.
I realize this is all in the light of game playing but it got me thinking. Are we one way in the light of day and yet another when we don’t think anyone is looking? Can a simple game, downloaded as an app on our phone, be so controlling that we allow it to determine the character in which we walk?
Numbers 32:23 (NKJV) “But if you do not do so, then take note, you have sinned against the Lord; and be sure your sin will find you out.”
Who we are when no one is looking is who we really are. What will it take to take you out? Does the company we keep really matter?
1 Corinthians 15:33 (NKJV) Do not be deceived: “Evil company corrupts good habits.”
At lunch the other day, with two associates who shall remain nameless, I learned there is far more to this Trivia Crack than meets the eye. (Cue the theme to a popular television cartoon). There really is a “Transformer” story in the background. These unnamed associates were transforming before my very eyes. One turned into a 'secret agent' while the other morphed into a self-proclaimed temperaments analyst and power hungry baron who focused on deciphering rival players' tendencies, strengths, and weaknesses.
In discussing the game with these lunch associates, one shared a comment with me about yet another gamer, "Yeah, cheating is their preferred path to victory." Both agreed that successfully playing the game was as much about knowing your opponent as it was about getting the questions right.
I realize this is all in the light of game playing but it got me thinking. Are we one way in the light of day and yet another when we don’t think anyone is looking? Can a simple game, downloaded as an app on our phone, be so controlling that we allow it to determine the character in which we walk?
Numbers 32:23 (NKJV) “But if you do not do so, then take note, you have sinned against the Lord; and be sure your sin will find you out.”
Who we are when no one is looking is who we really are. What will it take to take you out? Does the company we keep really matter?
1 Corinthians 15:33 (NKJV) Do not be deceived: “Evil company corrupts good habits.”
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