DON’T BE DISTRACTED Psa 101: 3, “I will not set before my eyes anything that is worthless” I want to start this episode with one question. Have you ever noticed that you have never completed all the games that is available in an amusement park. How many ever times you go to the same amusement park again and again, you still don’t seem to complete all the games available there. I’ve been to Wonderla so many times and I know for a fact that I have not completed all the games there. You know why? There’s a secret: The amusement park creates a route wherein the people are subjected to maximum distractions before they play the games. This means that, in between two games, there is always going to be shops, restaurants and other things that will distract us from playing all the games. So what’s the advantage you ask? Since you could not play all the games, you will come back another time to complete the games, which means you will buy ticket again, which means the amusement park is making money. In marketing we call this, a brilliant strategy. Dear Listeners, let me remind you today about being distracted. Distraction can loosely be defined as looking away or losing focus from our goal for a short period of time. Imagine you are driving your bike and you see this big advertisement board and you suddenly are focused on it and not driving. This is when you tell, you were distracted. So is being distracted wrong? You may ask. Being distracted is not wrong. However, distraction can cause severe consequences and facing those consequences is going to be almost always difficult. The Bible has a lot of instances of people getting distracted. Because of their distraction, the Bible also tells how tough it was for them to face the consequences. We have Eve, the first women who was distracted by the evil one and therefore disobeyed God’s command. We also have David who I believe was distracted too, because of which a Nobel king like him, became a murderer. And finally there is Martha. Martha, let’s talk about her. In the book of John chapter 10:38-42, we read about Jesus being invited over to Martha’s house. Jesus accepted the invitation and came over to her place. Martha became so busy in the preparation process that she had forgotten that it was Jesus who was in her place. Jesus was right there. Instead of focusing on Jesus, she was distracted with the preparations. Dear people of God, today as we being this day, I want to encourage you with one thought. Keep Christ as your goal. Jesus Christ is your target. Keep your eyes on this goal. Remember, Distractions are like potholes. In the journey of life, you will encounter them, for sure, however, never stop, but keep moving, only then will you reach your destination. As the Bible says, everything in the world is worthless and lets not set our eyes towards them but towards one worthy God, Jesus Christ.