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August 18, 2025 · 5:37 AM

Undistracted

Every era in recent memory has had their share of distractions. With the invention of the radio, the television and more, our lives have become increasingly filled with things that keep us occupied. Today’s distractions go with us everywhere in our pockets and on our wrists. We have access to everything at the touch of a screen. If we get board we can play a game, endlessly scroll through videos or reach out and contact someone. We have become accessible 24/7. However, we have lost the art to sit down, be silent and simply reflect or be alone with our thoughts.

Being distracted is nothing new though. When Peter was walking on the water, he got distracted by the waves and took his eyes off Jesus. Lot’s wife got distracted by the life she was leaving behind. In Luke 10 Martha was distracted by all of her duties of cleaning, cooking and preparing for the people in her home. Yet when she complained to Jesus about her undistracted sister, Jesus said that Mary had chosen the right thing. Even though there were things to do, she sat uninterrupted at the feet of Jesus to listen and to learn.

Psalm 46:10 is more important for us now than it ever had been I believe. It says, “Be still, and know that I am God!” (NLT) When is the last time you turned your phone off, took off your watch, turned off the TV and just sat alone and undistracted in the presence of God? Something happens when we go into our prayer closet and get alone with Him. Suddenly our problems that overwhelm us get put in their proper perspective. We get to sense how incredible God truly is. We can also hear His voice more clearly. I do love the era God has placed us in, but let’s be careful not to sacrifice being undistracted in His presence for all of our modern conveniences. Just like every generation before us, we must learn to be undistracted.

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Alone With God

I was talking with a friend recently about how technology has been both a blessing and a curse. On the blessing side, we have so much information, entertainment and communication in the palm of our hand. Never before in the history of the world have we had such access, but along with that comes the curse. We’ve lost the ability to be alone to think deeply and to pray. We’re constantly interrupted by it going off, lighting up or us using it out of habit. In times past, people had the ability to process, break down and understand the information they had because they had the ability to truly be alone with their thoughts. That ability also provided them with opportunities to be alone with God.

Exodus 3:1 says, “Now Moses was keeping the flock of Jethro (Reuel) his father-in-law, the priest of Midian; and he led his flock to the west side of the wilderness and came to Horeb (Sinai), the mountain of God” (AMP). Notice how Moses was in the wilderness alone. It was then that he noticed the burning bush. Verse 3-4 says, “So Moses said, ‘I must turn away [from the flock] and see this great sight—why the bush is not burned up.’ When the Lord saw that he turned away [from the flock] to look, God called to him from the midst of the bush and said, ‘Moses, Moses!’ And he said, ‘Here I am.’” Moses turned away from his distraction, and when he did, God called out to him and met with him.

You will even find this pattern with Jesus. Luke 5:16 says, “But Jesus Himself would often slip away to the wilderness and pray [in seclusion].” How often do you slip away into seclusion, away from all distractions, and pray? It’s difficult in today’s world. We must be intentional about it. Our minds will give us the fear of missing out or of being out of connection with others, but the truth is that those fears have made us miss out on encounters with God and out of connection with Him. Jesus made it a practice to break away from the crowd and noise of life to be alone with God. With all of our connectedness today, we must be even more intentional about it. God is waiting to meet you, but you must turn away from the things that distract you first and get alone with Him.

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December 30, 2020 · 5:44 AM

Practicing Solitude

There’s a difference between solitude and loneliness. One can lead to depression and the other to self awareness or spiritual awakening. One of the shows I watched on Hulu this year was “Alone”. They take several people into some of the coldest and remote parts of the world and drop them off miles apart to survive. They are completely alone in the wilderness and the last person standing wins. Many face loneliness pretty quickly and tap out. Others it hits after several weeks. However, there are some who learn to use the solitude as a means of self discovery and start to have epiphanies. It’s incredible to me to watch these things happen as they start to describe their realizations.

I believe solitude is a lost spiritual discipline. In today’s world we are always connected and available to be reached by someone. Our brains have created the fear of missing out (fomo) and have tethered us to constant information sources. If we’re constantly connected to the things of this world, it’s hard to hear the voice of God. Our fear of missing out has been misplaced. We are missing the voice of God and looking to other voices to replace it. We are constantly connected, yet still feel alone. God is calling us to have regular times of solitude in His presence, but we rarely, if ever do it.

We know Psalm 46:10 by heart and can recite, “Be still and know that I am God,” but when are we ever still? Mark 1:35 says, “The next morning, Jesus got up long before daylight, left the house while it was dark, and made his way to a secluded place to give himself to prayer” (TPT). Jesus made it a regular habit to daily find seclusion and solitude to hear the voice of God. He is our example of this discipline that we should follow. I admit, it’s not easy to sit in silence at first. Try doing it for 10 minutes and wait on God. Leave your phone, your smart watch and all other distractions in another room. Practice being still and waiting on God, and you will find that you will know Him more and develop a deeper relationship with Him.

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