This last Tuesday I was responsible for the Kiwanis club program.  I understand this is hard to believe, but I procrastinated long enough in asking someone to speak that my only option was to do the program myself.  But what to speak about?  I decided to share about something I’ve been introduced to recently that has reconnected me with friends from all over the country: Facebook.

I’m not a Facebook expert.  I’m just a Facebook user.  However, it became clear to me quickly that to the crowd (I use that term loosely) I would be speaking to…I am an expert!  There’s a frightening thought!  There are millions of facebook users on the planet.  There are just as many who are way more proficient at this social networking platform than me.  Yet, to these guys (who are intelligent and succesful in many ways), I am the expert on this particular subject.

It is frightening how little it takes these days to be the expert in the room.  Do you want to know more than 95% of the people in your path know about some given subject?  I read recently that all it takes to get to this level is to read three books about that particular subject.  Really!  That’s it!  Three books is all that is necessary for world domination!

Now, I’m not sure if that’s a bigger commentary on our world, or on us individually…or both.  But I do know this: our Christian argument of “I don’t know enough to tell someone else about Jesus” just got really weak.  Have you read one of the gospels?  Have you read an epistle?  Have you read one of the prophets?  Do you even know what I’m referring too?  Then YOU are an “expert” on the Bible compared to 95% of the people that you will ever bump in to!

Now that you are aware of this newfound superpower…go use it!  Save the planet.  Dominate the world for Christ.  I’ll do the same…right after I give another presentation about Facebook next week.  Yes, it seems there’s yet another civic club in town that heard about my expertise, and needs my help.