"And be renewed in the spirit of your mind, and that you put on the new man which
was created according to God, in true righteousness and holiness.”—Ephesians
4:23-24
Have you ever noticed that when you get started on an
important project that inevitably interruptions begin to occur? Sometimes these interruptions can get so
pronounced that you become distracted from the project and you loose your
focus, your purpose? These distractions,
if not dealt with properly, end up as a big source of stagnation in
our daily lives. If you want to stay
focused on achieving your dreams and God’s purpose for your life, you need to
find everything in your life that is distracting you and eliminate it.
Then enemy does not want you to find out what is distracting
you. For some it might be poor
relationships, video games, television, social media or other people’s drama,
just to name a few. Ask the Holy Spirit
to show you what distractions are pulling you off of God’s purpose. I have noticed that
when I move on from specific aspects of my life that are preventing me from
progressing, new ones start to come into my life which help accelerate my
goals. It’s like being a receiver in football. You have this defender on you
running everywhere you go, preventing you from catching the ball. But after a
few plays you begin to realize what you need to do to get past him, and catch
the pass for a touchdown. Remember, Satan can not out run God and He
always makes a way of escape for you.
His plans for you are for good and to bring you to an expected end.
Franklin
Graham said, “There is not a single thing that Jesus cannot change, control,
and conquer because He is the living Lord.”
Prayer—Heavenly Father I ask You to shine Your light upon the
distraction(s) in my life and give me Your wisdom on how to remove them, so
that I can fulfill Your purpose for me, in Jesus Name. Amen
.
