It's as if the devil is in full production to keep our mind occupied in any thing else than what is important for us and our leading a good life.
Take for example the choices we have when shopping. Have you considered how many types and brands of ice creams there are available? The other day in the supermarket I discovered Gin and Tonic ice cream.
There were other drinks too. I don't mean G and T flavour but actual gin
in it. It even had a warning not to be sold to under 18s and it stated
on the packet the amount of alcohol in it.
Why would someone want to have an ice cream at home with alcohol in it?
And if this is your particular weakness, why not buy ordinary ice cream
and pour whatever drink you wish on it?
Think of other products too; like toothpaste, soap, clothing, shoes and so on. So many different kinds and types and brands to choose from.
Same with entertainment. So many TV channels, plus those you subscribe to, and those you download on your cell phones etc ... etc ...
The other day on the bus almost everyone was distracted on their cell-phones. Who are they texting to, and what did they do before cell-phones were invented?
I have a cell-phone, almost always switched off. When I'm at home, if people want to contact me they can ring the land-line. If I'm busy in the garden, or cooking, or writing this Blog I put the answering machine on. I don't want to rush out of the shower to answer the phone and scandalise the dog.
You know something? In all these years I have not had one world leader, religious person like the Pope, eminent doctor or scientist or whatever else, ring me urgently to ask for my views or opinion on anything. Anyone who phoned me needing something left a message on the answering machine.
Same with the cell-phone. Always off. I take it with me when out in case I have to contact someone. The other day I switched it on and discovered a message that's been left there years ago. It was Julius Caesar asking me to lend him my ear. I told him to go buy his own.
The point I'm trying to make here is that the devil enjoys distractions. It keeps us away from God. We look the other way and get interested in something else. Be it entertainment, food, self-importance, fashion, music or whatever.
Any distraction is a good distraction if it stops us from praying. If it stops us from thinking of God. If it stops us contacting Him, loving Him, serving Him, or spreading His Word amongst others.
Better for the seeds from the sower to go to waste rather than fall on good ground.
The age of distraction is here. And the devil is having a good time.
Hi Victor, I agree with what you are saying here. One of my favourite scriptures that comes into my mind frequently is 'Take every thought captive and bring it into obedience to the Word of God'. I find many things that go on in places these days boring and ridiculous, and would not want to be brought up in these times (the end times according to the Bible) . God bless.
ReplyDelete...not want to be born in these times.
ReplyDeleteBut this is where the Lord placed you, for a time such as this, for a reason. We each have a purpose or we wouldn't be here.
DeleteYes Sandi, but He did not have me born now.
DeleteWhat do you mean?
DeleteIf I had been born now I would be growing up in a time where it is even being taught in primary school that it is normal for two males and two females to get married, even in some 'church buildings', which is not in the scriptures and what the Holy Spirit teaches. The scriptures say that many shall fall away from the faith in the end times.
Delete1Timothy chapter 4
DeleteOh, I see. You mean born today. I misunderstood.
DeleteThis is a wonderful post, Victor, and so oh look something shiney!
ReplyDelete😂
It's true, though.
"I have a cell-phone, almost always switched off. When I'm at home, if people want to contact me they can ring the land-line."
I do this too.
Thank you Brenda and Sandi for your comments. Please forgive me for commenting on both your contributions together.
ReplyDeleteAs Sandi said, this is where we are in place and time. I believe God placed us where He knows we can best contribute to His teachings. The world around us may be going the wrong way; but we don't have to live in this world. We can, as best as possible, live our own lives and not necessarily copy or mimic life around us.
For example, in the UK clothes are discarded after about a dozen washes. Cell-phones are changed for a new model every year or so. People feel "entitled" to holidays abroad about twice a year. Wherever you turn you see people being materialistic. This is very wasteful. If people really believed in wanting to "save the planet" they would be very cautious of how much waste, (and consequential environmental effects), their lifestyles is causing.
Adverts on TV no longer just make you aware of a product or service. The tone now is, "if you don't have this product or service you're below standard somehow. Look at the shiny shiny, you're a failure for not having ..." the latest model of cell-phone, the new fashion in clothing, the new watches, jewellery, car, holiday, cruise and so on ...
The cycle of life is envy. (Great quote from Victor S E Moubarak - whoever he is).
Better get off my high horse before you push me off.
God bless you both and thanx.
Yes Victor, I am glad I am here now, this is where the Lord placed me, but I wouldn't want to be a baby born in these times as children are being taught that it is normal for things to go on which are considered sinful in the scriptures. Would we put a plug in another plug to turn electric gadgets on, or would you put a plug in a soccet.
DeleteDid I mispell shiney? Oy vey!
DeleteMisspell. Mispell.
Shiny.
I need to go back to bed!
...and my ADD makes me easily distracted.
ReplyDeleteSad but true.
DeleteGod bless, Tom.
Yes too many distractions out there
ReplyDeleteIt's nice to see you here Connie. Thank you. Please call again and often.
DeleteGod bless.
Good food for thought.
ReplyDeleteThank you Kathy. God bless.
DeleteYou can also choose to ignore the distractions. The ads, in reality, are not very creative, they are all the same, buy, buy and buy more. No one is telling you that you have to do it or follow their script. Life is for living and living the right way will get you what you really need.
ReplyDeleteYou are right Bill. We should ignore all these distractions of the modern world.
DeleteGod bless you.
It is all too easy to become distracted, Victor, I agree. Let's not allow the devil to have his day!
ReplyDeleteBlessings!
Amen Martha. Don't let the devil win.
DeleteGod bless always.
The devil is counting on this very thing, I believe. We're conditioned to look at the bright, new shiny bauble -- not realizing it was never intended to last. Meanwhile, Truth is sitting over in a corner, waiting to be noticed.
ReplyDeleteWhat you say Mevely is true; what a sad state the world is in right now.
DeleteGod bless you and your family.
I appreciate it's not always easy but you can choose to ignore the distractions.
ReplyDeleteAll the best Jan
Yes, I understand Jan. God bless.
DeleteAhhh you took the pulse of the world and made the correct diagnosis. Sometimes looking at just the bath room offers in the store, I think I must be the only person who uses a bar of soap to take a bath.
ReplyDeleteANDYES! We ate too distracted in today's world...
But we think of you and still appreciate the prayers.
Sherry & jack
Thank you Jack for your kind comments. I don't use a bar of soap to take a bath. I just sit there and vacuum clean myself.
DeletePraying for you all. God bless.
Exactly. Distract to deceive.
ReplyDeleteSo sad ...
DeleteGod bless, Mimi.