It seems as though I have experienced quite a bit of distractions lately. Today at work, I generated a few numbers and needed to write them down and it was at the same time someone was asking me a question. Fortunately for me, I wrote down the numbers, and then I answered the question. But its not always like that. A good percentage of the time, I remember something that need to be completed and I’ll hop right on it forgetting about what I was doing at the present time.
Isn’t that the case when we need to sit down for a bit and open up God’s Word? Yea, I’m there too. I could be sitting at the table in the morning reading in His Word when all of a sudden, out of the blue, I think, “I gotta go get my shoes.” Then put out the trash, and check my email, and do this and that and before I know it, its time to walk out the door and go to work. But before I leave the house, I look back to see if I turned off all the lights and there, there is my Bible still sitting on the table and opened to the passage I was reading. “Oh, crap!” And if you’re not remembering what happened today, the same thing may happen again tomorrow and maybe the next day. Before you know it, God’s Word becomes a dust collector! Check out this devotional (Blackaby);
“It is easy to become distracted in the Christian life! The moment you understand what God wants you to do, it will seem as though everyone around you requires your time and attention! When the time came for Jesus to go to the cross, He “set His face” toward Jerusalem, so that nothing would prevent Him from accomplishing His Father’s will. So obvious was His resolve to go to Jerusalem that the Samaritans, who hated the Jews, rejected Him because they recognized that He was a Jew traveling through their village to the hated city of Jerusalem. Jesus determined not to digress from His mission, but He took time to minister to many people along His way. He sent out seventy disciples into the surrounding towns (Luke 10:1). He healed lepers (Luke 17:11-19). He cured a man of dropsy (Luke 14:1-4). He brought salvation to the home of Zaccheaus (Luke 19:1-10). He continued to reach His disciples (Luke 15:1-32). Jesus did not refuse to minister to others as He went to Calvary, but ultimately He refuse to be deterred from His Father’s will. If you know what God wants you to do, set you sights resolutely toward that goal with full determination to accomplish it (Prov. 4:25). Beware of becoming so sidetracked by the opportunities around you that you lose sight of God’s ultimate goal for you. Do not succumb to the temptation to delay your obedience or to discard it altogether. Once you have received a clear assignment from God, your response should be unwavering obedience.”
Going to get my shoes triggered off a bunch of other ‘things I had to do’ before I left for work. The Lord Jesus made time for me without being distracted. And I believe if we make time for His Word, it would really change our lives! So have breakfast with the Holy Spirit with no distractions and be blessed!
Determined Not Distracted
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