I've been battling distraction lately..
As I lay in bed last night after having watched couple hours of Kdrama my mind suddenly went into this crazy battle between thoughts of the drama & God... My mind was trying to process & replay images of the drama scenes while at the same time trying to talk with God.
I've never experienced this before. It was as if there was a storm in my mind and a literal tug of war in my mind between the things of the world and God.. I almost felt lightheaded from it..
As this occurred for about 10 minutes I could feel the jealous desperation of God to have my full attention.. and I was overcome with the conviction that I have been distracted & truth that He is a jealous God. A jealous lover who cannot be overcome. He will not let go.
I have allowed my flesh to win allowing it to take my attention away from God.
But I declare that I will not be distracted! I will give Him my full attention!
You will have my full attention!
You have my full attention God!
Help me HS to keep my focus on Him. The only one who deserves all of my attention. Help me~
Help me to keep my mind on You. My eyes on You. My ears turned to You. My heart given to You.
I've also taught Ethan the song, "God is so good, Hallelujah" and he's been wanting to sing that with me every day since I've taught it to him.. I feel it is the HS working through my son to remind me that we have a good good Father. To be like a child with no worries, fears or cares but to just sing and declare that God is so good. He will take care of us. He will always provide.
I've also been listening to a new song my Misty Edwards titled "I Shall Not Want"
The lyrics of the chorus are:
I shall not want,
I shall not want,
When I taste your goodness, I shall not want...
Once again I feel that God is reminding me that He is good and when we focus on Him & His goodness I will be at peace. The truth of who God is brings true hope and peace that causes us to need no other.
Our CM summer camp this year is also "O Taste & See" Psalm 34:8 ...
"Taste & see that the Lord is good; blessed is the man who takes refuge in Him".
