DISTRACTIONS

MEMORISE: ‘Know ye not that they which run a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? so run, that ye may obtain.’ (1 Cor 9: 24)
READ: 1 Corinthians 9: 24- 27

The Christian journey is one long, uneven narrow road surrounded by glittering sights meant to distract pilgrims on the way. Not everyone who sets out to run the Christian race will finish it. Some will drop by the wayside while others may be distracted and veer off the narrow path. ‘Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain’ (1 Cor 9: 24).

In the days of Gideon, 32 000 men volunteered to go into battle. But by the time certain yardsticks were brought in to test their commitment to the war, only 300, that is less than 1% remained. Scripture says many are called, but few are chosen. Do you allow yourself to be easily distracted form the good purpose you have set out to accomplish? If you do, you may not be able to accomplish God’s plan for your life.

Many times, Satan uses one’s spouse to distract the family from God’s eternal plan. Abraham was a victim of this. God promised him a son. Several years later, when they felt it may not happen because he and his wife had passed childbearing age, Sarah offered Abraham an alternative. She became a distraction to the promise they held for so many years. If God had not intervened, Abraham would have lost God’s plan for his life completely, to the distraction, Ishmael.

Today several women trusting God for the fruit of the womb, like Sarah, are the ones pushing their husbands to try all kinds of satanic alternatives, all in the name of getting a child. Be warned. You may just be mortgaging your glorious future for the danger, sorrow, regret and pain that the Ishmaelite alternative offers you. Do not be distracted from any promise God has made to you. Hebrews 10: 36 says: ‘For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise,’ God will make good his promise to yo. Just keep on holding to him. Be focused. Avoid sin and worship him regularly. You will reach your desired end. Don’t be distracted.

ACTION POINT
Have you accepted Satan’s alternative? Reject it.
God’s original blessing is worth waiting for.