I don't know about you, but I know I am easily distracted - by bubble wrap, by shiny things, by avocados, by cows, by... Hey look, 5 cents!
Sometimes it's OK to get distracted, but other times it's not so good. Imagine driving a car and getting distracted by a bottlecap on the road. You take your eyes off the road as you focus on that shiny speck. You cannot focus fully on both the road and the bottlecap; and even a moment's distraction could end in a crash. Or imagine you are running in race. You're coming first and the finish line is just up ahead but suddenly you are distracted by what the guy in last place is doing. As you slow down to look back, you don't notice three other people pass you. That momentary distraction cost you the race!
It's the same way in our relationship with God. Our eyes need to be firmly focused on Him - we cannot let anything distract us from Him or take His place in our lives whether it be popularity, wealth, relationships, alcohol etc. We need to follow God with all we have, not just half-heartedly; we need to give everything over to Him, not be double minded; we need to keep our eyes firmly focused on Him and not be led off the path by the first shiny thing we see. But we can't do this alone - we need God to transform us and renew our minds for in our own strength we can do nothing but fail, but in God's strength we can do anything.
God bless,
~KR Ludlow~
"Therefore, since we are surrounded by a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us. Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, scorning its shame and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God."
Hebrews 12:1-2
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