Dealing with distractions

When reading my Bible this morning, I was struck by Psalm 10 verse 4, which says, “In his pride, the wicked does not seek the Lord. In his thoughts there is no room for God.” This one short verse describes two things that prevent us from connecting with God:

• pride
• no room in our thoughts

Pride shows itself in the fact that the godless person thinks he or she has no need of God, and therefore doesn’t even bother to seek Him. Even as believers, though, not making time in our day for God is an expression of pride, suggesting that we don’t need Him either.

Sometimes we do plan in time for God, but we end up disappointed an discouraged because our minds wandered all over the place and we were distracted by thoughts about our plans for the day or about our problems. That’s why the Bible tells us to take our thoughts captive (2 Corinthians 10 verse 5) and make them obedient to Christ. We can do that by simply speaking it out in prayer (“In Jesus’ name, I take my thoughts captive, silencing all distractions and choosing to focus now on the Lord.”) Or we could do it in another way, such as singing some worship songs to settle our hearts and focus our thoughts on God.

However we do it, let’s deal with distractions and make room for God this year.