Proverbs 4:25-27

Proverbs 4:25-27 (NLT) Look straight ahead, and fix your eyes on what lies before you. Mark out a straight path for your feet; stay on the safe path. Don’t get sidetracked; keep your feet from following evil. I have often said that if I were diagnosed by an expert I would find that I have an attention deficit disorder. Now some of you raise an eyebrow of pity for me and wonder if I should be medicated. May I lay your concerns to rest? I’m okay. It just makes it a little harder for me to focus more than 30 seconds. You know, I’ve thought about it when I watch some Christians in their relationship with the Lord. They’re in and out, up and down, here today and gone tomorrow, happy with Jesus and then… well you know what I’m saying. They have A. D. D. in their spiritual life. It takes more effort for them to walk straight and stay connected, but the writer of the passage above gives us a menu to overcoming a wobbly walk. Look straight ahead. Wayne Cordeiro said if you look at the guard rail, you’ll end up hitting it. The ball player doesn’t look at where he’s going before the catch or he will miss the catch. You can’t have multiple goals if you plan to hit a target. Fix your eyes on what lies before you. Don’t look back to your mistakes and disappointments or they will determine your path ahead. Your feet will follow your eyes. Crooked rows are developed by looking back. I deal with my ADD by rising early with time with the Lord and the last thing I do each evening the same. If I check out the plan for the course early I have a better chance of completing the course. Though easily distracted the boundaries are set by that TAWG (Time Alone With God).

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