Day 17 | Boundaries 1 (media)
Acts 9:3 As he neared Damascus on his journey, suddenly a light from heaven flashed around him.
OBSERVATION
What has your attention? School, job, family, hobbies… the easiest way to get my attention sometimes is to stand in front of my TV. Be honest, what might have our attention the most is that little thing you hold in your hand, that you can’t go very long without looking at it… your cell phone. And if it doesn’t work… if the battery is dead… if there is no service… uh-oh! Our cell phones really have our attention. Is God trying to get our attention but other things, like social media or web browsing on our cell phones have grabbed hold of our attention? What does God have to do to get our attention?
APPLICATION
Saul was on his way to Damascus and when that light flashed and he heard that voice… it got his attention! It makes me ask the question… What might God have to do to get our attention? Don’t say make the battery die, or lead me into a dead zone with no service for my cellphone! Will these things happen? Maybe. Make the determination that your phone will not have your attention more than your God does. Set limits and boundaries. Here is why. For Saul, when God got his attention, he immediately asked, what do you want me to do? Maybe, just maybe, God might be trying to get your attention because He has something for us to do in our world for Him. Maybe what he might ask you to do first is, put down your cell phone.
PRAYER
Father God, I thank You for your love for me and I thank You that You would choose to use me. Father, there are a lot of things in my life that grab hold of my attention… Father God, please help me to be able to give You my attention over all of those things first and foremost. And, Father, as Saul asked when You got his attention, what do you want me to do?