WHERE'S YOUR ATTENTION?

Proverbs 4:20-22 20 My son, give attention to my words; Incline your ear to my sayings.21 Do not let them depart from your eyes; Keep them in the midst of your heart. 22 For they are life to those who find them,
And health to all their flesh. (NKJV)

Day in and day out we give our attention to so many things. Our attention is easily divided between our loved ones, family, work, personal and even church issues. We spend countless hours conversing with others, reading various entertainment materials wanting to “be in the know”. We give our attention and energy to almost everyone and everything that present itself , that at the end of the day find ourselves in a state of depletion.

While there is nothing wrong with wanting to garner knowledge , or in spending time building relationships and managing the affairs of our lives; none of these should replace investing in spending time with God. When we invest and give our attention to those things that do not fill us we wind up in a state of spiritual depletion.

Spiritual depletion occurs when there is a constant pouring out while neglecting the necessity of a constant and proper re-filling. Further when the wrong type of re-filling methods are used, we do further damage because we fill ourselves with information and knowledge that only give temporary fulfillment. We are in a day and age where self-help books and websites are easily available to us. While I do believe God has gifted individuals to help us in various areas of living, their knowledge and resources are not meant to replace the Word of God, in the life of believers.

Many times we face so many challenges in life that we allow our thinking and emotions to lead us away from God’s word. Our flesh wants answers to appease it, so we look to sources to do just that; while our souls are malnourished because we aren’t feeding ourselves properly. As Christians nothing and no one should have our attention, our ears, and our heart more than God’s word. It saddens me that as children of God we have the tendency to muddle through life half-hearted and defeated, questioning God on what, when how and why; while we have the answers readily at our disposal.

However if we would just give attention to God’s word and to Lean (incline) towards what He has and is saying, we would receive the proper answers and re-filling needed to not only get through life but enjoy it!