Relentless Focus

I believe one of things that leads to ruin for Christians is distraction. They lose focus and BAM they are no longer following the will of God. Yes, sometimes distraction may come within the will of God. Like if you are hooked up in a cycle of habitual sin and someone invites to come to their small group Bible study, that’s a good distraction. Don’t yell out “Quit distracting me! Can’t you see I’m busy?!”

Wrong.

But so many times we get distracted from the things God has called us to. Nehemiah had a similar situation. Notice his unwavering response:

“Now when it was reported to Sanballat, Tobiah, to Geshem the Arab and to the rest of our enemies that I had rebuilt the wall, and that no breach remained in it, although at that time I had not set up the doors in the gates, then Sanballat and Geshem sent a message to me, saying, “Come, let us meet together at Chephirim in the plain of Ono.” But they were planning to harm me.

So I sent messengers to them, saying, “I am doing a great work and I cannot come down. Why should the work stop while I leave it and come down to you?” They sent messages to me four times in this manner, and I answered them in the same way.”
[Nehemiah 6:1-4, NASB]

Stay relentlessly focused.

Your response is everything.

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