Scripture:
“You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind…You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” - Matthew 22:37-39
Thought:
I like to think of myself as a multi-tasker, able to juggle many experiences without losing focus. I walked into my office, looked around and was instantly depressed. It is a mess! In an instant I realized that multi-tasking is not gift, it is politically correct terminology meaning “unorganized and/or unfocused.” In fact, studies show that in most cases, multi-tasking impairs performance.
I think that humanity has always struggled with issues of multi-tasking. We are constantly being distracted from that which is important and as “stuff” piles up… well… we become overwhelmed.
The wonderful thing is that God gets it! God isn’t one to pile it on. In fact, God is pretty adamant about wanting us to focus on that which is most important.
“You shall have no other gods before me.” - Deuteronomy 5:7
In other words, nothing is more important than our relationship with God, so we shouldn’t get so carried away with politics, career, the accumulation of wealth, or whatever else tempts us to forget who we are and who’s we are.
That said, God knows us all too well, God knows that we will not resist temptation and God, in his infinite love for us, gives us an opportunity “scratch the itch” of multi-tasking:
“You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind…You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” - Matthew 22:37-39
Prayer:
Dear Lord, we are constantly struggling and juggling the distractions in life that keep us from focusing on you. Give us the means to narrow our focus so that you and others always come first. Amen.