Friday, August 6, 2010
worldy distractions
I recently have discovered that though I may love to watch tv and movies way too much, they are the most distracting thing my life right now. I have noticed that as soon as I start watching tv and movies, I somehow leave God out of it. Uh, He is supposed to be in everything I do. I mean, it's not easy and we will waiver on that but when you start noticing a change in your behaviors because of something that you should not be worrying about (because it's bad for you), then you probably should not be involved in that. This is hard for me to say because I have always wanted to write a script or a movie or something on the lines of film-making which is why I make excuses to watch certain things and when. But, I need to stop that. God is supposed to be the center of our lives and when we start filling His place with things that only last a minute, then what is that telling us about how we treat God? I'm not saying you cannot have those things in your life because God did create certain things for us to enjoy them but when they start running our lives is when we need to reevaluate who or what is at the center of our lives. My roommate gave me a verse last night and I just read and it makes total sense to me. What do you think? 1 Corinthians 10:13 "No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can stand up under it." Yeah, I know I'm tempted and lots of times I give in because it seems easier. But, in reality, it is destroying my relationship with Him. I mean, yeah, I'll still watch tv and movies but as soon as I start putting God on the back burner or pushing my quality time with Him out of the way, I know I need to say no to the world. There are times I can handle it but this last week has not been easy.
1 comments:
WOW, that verse was discussed this past Sunday in my church Bible study. Just a confirmation that we need to not let temptation get the best of us. Its so true, we leave God out of a lot of things and we need to stop doing that. I admit I have/had fallen into this as well.
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