Devotional Thoughts about Distraction
Distraction is a big trap for me. I can work hard and concentrate, but often when I grab my phone to look up some needed information, I’m bombarded by notifications, updates and advertisements from the big wide Internet out there.
I find it important to just quickly check them, which launches me on a series of unrelated texts, e-mails, forgotten tasks and random thoughts. At some point I surface to discover I’ve wasted lots of time and haven’t made any progress with the work.
A smart phone is very useful in modern life. It makes many tasks much easier, but I sometimes find it scary that I can hardly imagine getting along without it. Among its many offers is the constant temptation to waste time in so many ways.
I make rules for myself, but then disregard them as one video clip melts into another and another. Some are good; many are irrelevant, but inertia keeps me from shutting down the comfortable diversion.
Lord, please forgive me for my laziness. Give me the strength to resist distraction and the incentive to focus squarely on what you’ve given me to do.
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