Our distractions are eroding our relationships, time management abilities, and success and productivity. Our society is overlooks what important and failing to honor what matters most. We sacrifice time with our families to be so social media, and television. We give up too many things to keep our minds busy, so we won’t have to focus on ourselves. When do we acknowledge we are distracted and aren’t paying attention to the important things? Our world is suffering greatly because of it.
It seems like there’s a war going on against our alone time and our hearts. I believe all of humanity’s problems stem from our inability to sit quietly in a room alone.
When we are not comfortable with the quiet times, there is usually something in our heart that we are running from. We are we filling our lives with everything we can to keep from thinking about reality.
Isaiah 30:15 says,
“You will be saved in returning to rest. Your strength will be quietness and in confidence.“ You refused.”
The speed and roar of the world makes our inner voices difficult. Satan is seeing to it that our world is embracing more and more noise.
“Jesus cannot teach us anything until we quiet all our intellectual question and get alone with Him“ – Oswald Chambers
Every day I’m in a battle. My enemy is the world, My time, my attention my loyalties, and most valuable of all my heart. Satan is cunning and crafty with many tried and true weapons at His disposal. His favorites are stress, conflict, busyness, social media, news, peer pressure. Each of these he knows well and wields skillfully.
My weapons are the Word of God, and my stillness of sitting alone praying because satan knows all his weapons are of no use against me. When I begin to feel overwhelmed by everything around me, I know I can run to my Savoir and stop being distracted by satan’s evil schemes.
From Pity to Praise 