Junk desensitizes me. Too much violence in movies, too many scantily dressed people in magazines, hanging with people who bring me down rather than build me up, songs that separate me from God. It’s impossible to get away from it all but the problem is that when junk comes in, I fall in that groove and I only notice it when I sit down to do devotions and feel like a slimey hypocrite - so I skip doing devotions all together.
Other days are a struggle for devotions. If I have a lousy time doing devotions, then the rest of the day follows just like that. And when that happens, I’m less excited about doing devotions - and the cycle continues.
Last week I studied Colossians 2 verse 6 which says “You have accepted Christ Jesus as your Lord. Now keep on following him.” The last part - keep on following him - it popped off the page! I'm a Christian. Following Jesus is what life is all about. Why is it so difficult to focus?
It's the junk. It keeps my mind off of Jesus. The Holy Spirit reminds me "Hello, Scott. This is junk, here!" Then I have to make a choice - junk or Jesus?
So I encourage myself - don’t give up. I can do this. I ask God to help me flush out the junk so I can be excited for devotions. I pray that quite regularly.
Reading - Living Loved by Max Lucado, Colossians
Thinking about - vacation next week, Sharathon in March
Listening to - Whosarmy, Group 1 Crew, KB, Pioneer
Praying for - Whosarmy (Max, Travis, Cory and Greg), my Dad, Ra and Toronto FM application.
You musent beat yourself up SJ.
ReplyDeleteI commend you for being real. Its not easy for anyone of us. We are surrounded by it all. ? Which J will I choose. Looking back on the popular quote WWJD can help. I can honestly say our whole family wore the bracelets and my spouse found it really helped him with course language.
Recently I posted philippians 4:8 in the early morning. It helped me and many friends liked the post too.
Keep positive and know your being real speaks volumes ... you are not a hypocrite