I'd also like to ask a simple question. Where have you been?
You're all probably thinking "What? What does she mean?" I mean exactly what I'm asking. Where have you been with God lately? Have you drawn closer to Him than you ever have before? Or are you so far gone you haven't even realized you are?
In the past few weeks I've been distracted by the difficult things in life we're all faced with.
Distracted.
That's all it is. What all my problems are, they're distractions.
They're woven into my life in such an intricate way that I don't even notice them, not until they've been pulled so tightly that they're cutting off circulation to my relationship with God.
But then there also times where I literally sit there watching the sin enter my life. I know it isn't something beneficial, but I don't view it as detrimental either. It couldn't cause that many problems, right?
Nope. Wrong.
The things that start off as little distractions are often the thing that pulls us away from God the most. Maybe it's a relationship that doesn't seem too bad. You guys make bad jokes every now and then, so it isn't thaaaat bad. You only do physical things with each other every now and then. It's not like it's allllll the time.
Maybe it's an addiction to video games, or an addiction to anything really. Something that you find yourself craving to do. You crave doing whatever it is more than you crave to spend time with God.
"I say this for your own benefit, not to lay any restraint upon you, but to promote good order and to secure your undivided devotion to the Lord. " 1 Corinthians 7:35
I'm not saying that you can't do fun things. God wants us to have fun. Definitely! But if those fun things are distracting us from God, and preventing us from drawing closer to Him, there needs to be some time of serious thought and reflection.
But then there also times where I literally sit there watching the sin enter my life. I know it isn't something beneficial, but I don't view it as detrimental either. It couldn't cause that many problems, right?
Nope. Wrong.
The things that start off as little distractions are often the thing that pulls us away from God the most. Maybe it's a relationship that doesn't seem too bad. You guys make bad jokes every now and then, so it isn't thaaaat bad. You only do physical things with each other every now and then. It's not like it's allllll the time.
Maybe it's an addiction to video games, or an addiction to anything really. Something that you find yourself craving to do. You crave doing whatever it is more than you crave to spend time with God.
"I say this for your own benefit, not to lay any restraint upon you, but to promote good order and to secure your undivided devotion to the Lord. " 1 Corinthians 7:35
I'm not saying that you can't do fun things. God wants us to have fun. Definitely! But if those fun things are distracting us from God, and preventing us from drawing closer to Him, there needs to be some time of serious thought and reflection.
So, where have you been?
In Him,
Meg
