The internet gives us a false omniscience, presenting everything from everywhere to everyone at any time.

But we are not God.

We were not designed for omniscience. Not even the digital imitation.

Yet here it is.

Everything.

All the time.

I can listen to the greatest performances of Mozart, ponder over the most beautiful artwork in history, choose literature from a library that puts Alexandria to shame.

I doom-scroll instead. An infinite scroll of cats, comedians, and clips.

I choose to be amused rather than muse deeply.

But what else am I supposed to do?

I receive more information in a day than many people throughout history received in their entire lives. I may not know most of my neighbors’ names, but I am now a global citizen with the responsibility to be informed about current events.

But I’m not meant to bear that load.

Neither are you.

Try as we may to keep track of every crisis and injustice in the world, to be active in abortion, human trafficking, global missions, politics, culture… We are finite creatures, bound by time and space.

Those things do matter. They should be faithfully engaged. But trying to do everything only leads to doing nothing.

Thankfully, we do not need to know everything or do everything. Nor do we need to focus on everything.

Just focus on something. Give yourself to something. Do what God has gifted and called you to do.

Then support and encourage others in doing the same.

That is the beauty of the church being the body of Christ. The heart does not perform the function of the lungs, kidneys, or tendons. But each part works together for the good of the whole body.

We also ought to pray.

Let your inability to be omniscient drive you to the God who is.

Let your limits move you toward the Infinite One. Cast your burdens on the only one who can truly carry the weight of the world.