Distractions I

Saturday 6 August
READ: Rom. 8: 35 - 39
MORE LESSON: Psa. 112: 7

Distraction is the enemy of distinction. You will only get to the throne if you refuse to give up or divert your gaze. Your heart has to be fixed like a flint on the glory ahead for your crown not to be taken by another. On your journey to your great destiny and eternal home, one thing you must fight ardently is distraction. Paul said, Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus: Phil 3:13-14. He had to forget or remove his attention from some things that could serve as a distraction for him to get his prize.

Distraction in life comes from different sources; some internal and some external. Internal distractions come in the form of evil thoughts, intimidation from enemies and suggestions from satan that bombard your mind. You must deal with all these distractions by speaking and focusing only on the Word of the Lord. This is the reason the Bible says that you must guard your heart with all diligence (Prov. 4: 23). Sometimes you have to learn to deal with distraction by rebuking it. Jesus never dialogued with satan when he came to distract Him, He rebuked him with the Word. It was through dialoguing with satan that Eve missed her destiny (Gen 3: 1-6). Do not allow satan to put distractions into your mind, rebuke them in Jesus’ name.

Distractions can also come from without; Rom 8: 35-39 gives a list of things that might want to distract you from the love of God and your glorious assignment. However, the submission of Paul in this writing is that in all these things, we are more than conquerors. This means that greater is Christ that is in us than all the distractions that the enemy might bring. Therefore you must refuse to succumb to these distractions.

When bills, needs and challenges pile up and they want to lead you into anxiety and worry, refuse to be distracted. Remember, the Lord will supply all your needs (Phill. 4: 19). When people are shouting global economic recession and national scarcity, refuse to be distracted, you are from above and so you are above all that (Jn.3:31). When fashion, entertainment, latest technology and cars want to distract you from pursuing your purpose in life to pursuing things, remember that when you seek the Kingdom of God, things will be added to you (Matt 6: 33).

Refuse to be distracted by anything. Set your heart like a flint on getting to where you are destined for. Do not let false prophets and doctrines, scoffers, enemies or anything dissuade you from your goal in God. Go and get it.

PRAYER/ACTION
* I forbid every destiny distractor from manipulating my life, in Jesus’ name.
* I set my face like a flint, I shall achieve my goal, in Jesus’ name.
* Nothing shall dissuade me from my goal, in Jesus’ name.

TODAY'S PROPHETIC PRAYER
The agents of goodness, mercy and favour shall be my companions all through this month and the rest of the year, in the name of Jesus.