Distractions instead of destiny

    There are so many opportunities to build in today's world that if we aren't careful we will be building distractions instead of destiny. Just because we can build something doesn't mean it's God's will for us to build it. 

     I've have to be careful of this as well. I've always had an entrepreneurial spirit. Even as a kid I was always trying to create something from nothing whether it was art work, a club with friends, or small business.  I've learned over my lifetime that my ideas can sometimes, well, most of the time, out run God. I can get trapped in doing many things and forget the main thing,"God's called you as a Christian writer". 

    It's hard for me to picture myself having a "normal" life as some may call it because my experiences have left me far from "normal" in the ways I think, feel and take in the world around me. This aspect of myself has caused me to jump out ahead with new ideas that I usually regret because I haven't spent time seeking God first. Any free birds out there know what I mean?

      We are capable of many things, but not all things are destiny - most things are distractions. If God hasn't given you a word about something I wouldn't spend enormous amounts of time or money perusing it. Take it from someone who has done many things in vain, and chased countless whims. God always gets His way with His children. It's better to spent time in prayer and WAIT for the go-ahead than it is to spend weeks, months, even years sowing into a dead end. I even have to wonder if these whims are from the enemy himself, trying to keep us from doing what we were meant to do. 

     Ideas are great. Creating art is freeing. Building something is exciting. And keeping the main thing the main things can quickly become oh so boring. But we have to develop self discipline, which is really hard for some of us. The discipline to focus and drive it home. 

    The Holy Spirit gives me little sayings that help me focus and live the life God wants of me. I'd share them all but they are really personal at times (many make up chapters in my two devotional books). The current one is the one I'm sharing with you now, "Distractions or Destiny?" I'm going to start running my gazillion ideas past it before moving ahead with anything!

       We are either sowing into distractions or destiny.