Hebrews 12:1-2 – “Therefore, since we also have such a great cloud of witnesses surrounding us, let’s rid ourselves of every obstacle and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let’s run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking only at Jesus, the originator and perfecter of the faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.” Photo credit: ©Getty Images/digitalskillet Here are five practical ways to fight distractions in your spiritual life. Anything less is idolatry, fueled by our pride and fleshly desires. We must intentionally act to love Him with all our heart, soul, mind, and strength ( Mark 12:30). His indwelling Spirit empowers us to remain devoted, but we must cooperate by being alert to the enemy’s distractions. Is God concerned when we are distracted? 2 Chronicles 16:9 says “For the eyes of the Lord move to and from throughout the earth that He may strongly support those whose heart is completely His.” Our diligence and loyalty are important to God. Lust distracted him from his devotion to God. Worldly culture distracted them from their devotion to God.Įven King David stumbled in his faith when he gave in to desire for a beautiful woman, an affair that led him to commit murder in desperation to cover up his sin. Often led by wicked kings, they would abandon God to worship the gods of the ungodly culture around them. The history of Israel depicts a pattern of unfaithfulness to God. Pride distracted him from his devotion to God. In his last years, God struck him with leprosy, and he died cut off from his people. “But when he became strong, his heart was so proud that he acted corruptly, and he was unfaithful to the Lord his God” ( 2 Chronicles 26:16). For most of that time, he sought the Lord and prospered, but as his fame spread and the kingdom flourished, he became proud. King Uzziah served Judah for fifty-two years. You might be one of those people.Įxamples abound in the Bible. All of us know people who were once passionate about following Jesus, but either abandoned their faith completely or spend a lifetime struggling to develop a consistent, spiritually mature walk. There are many things that can cause us to be led astray from our devotion to Christ. But I am afraid that, as the serpent deceived Eve by his craftiness, your minds will be led astray from the simplicity and purity of devotion to Christ.” In 1 Corinthians 11:2-3, Paul wrote passionately to the believers in Corinth about this very topic: “For I am jealous for you with a godly jealousy for I betrothed you to one husband, so that to Christ I might present you as a pure virgin. Photo credit: ©Getty Images/Oleksandra Polishchuk A story like the one above is sad and unnecessary, yet it illustrates an important principle that is also true in our spiritual lives. For some reason, we believe that we will beat the statistics and be able to successfully navigate our cars from one point to the next, even if our attention is elsewhere. Texting while driving is a serious offense, yet millions of people are not deterred by the potential tragedies that could result from being distracted. An Uvalde County, Texas court sentenced him to 55 years in prison. The truck driver survived, admitting he was texting while driving at the time of the crash. Thirteen people on board the bus died because of the accident, leaving only one survivor. He lost control and swerved into the bus’s lane, hitting that vehicle head-on while texting. The twenty-year-old drove his white pickup truck into a small bus carrying 14 elderly churchgoers. PM Law Firm reports that this particular accident involved a large white pickup truck that had previously been seen swerving and speeding down a highway. Your undistracted life is an adventure waiting to happen.One of the worst texting and driving accidents ever occurred in Texas in March 2017. From visiting friends in San Quentin to accidentally getting into a stalker’s car at the airport to establishing Uganda’s first space program, Bob shows you the way back to an audaciously attentive life. Through the pithy and inspiring storytelling that has endeared him to millions, New York Times bestselling author Bob Goff invites you to laugh with more gusto, dream with more confidence, and love with more intention in this disarming call to live Undistracted.īob’s stories are like the rumble strips on the road that make you suddenly alert to how far you have drifted from your lane.
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