DISTRACTION IS NOT MANDATORY
READING: ACTS 7:54-60
We attend worship services in order to worship the Lord and to participate in Christian fellowship. Sometimes, however we get distracted and overly involved with the trappings of our services. I’m referring to such matters as the comfort of the seats, the temperature in the church, the volume of amplification, the often present crying child or the alarming cell phone. Acts 7:55 gives an example of overcoming environmental factors. In this verse, Stephen is the subject at a hearing where perjurers and false witnesses are using a mock trial as an excuse to kill him. Hostility was at the maximum and he had no human support. In that extremity, Stephen responded in the manner that models the ideal behavior that can apply even to us as modern day Christians. Being full of the Holy Spirit, he saw only the glory of God. He focusd on the Lord! Stephen’s example of godly focus is the ultimate answer to every distraction. That’s a thought – about God’s Word!
RESPONSE
1. Is there something that distracts you during church services?
2. If not, you can thank the Lord for your freedom from distraction. If so, you can pray to be focused on the Lord.
