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Likewise, undistracted devotion to the Lord not only involves eliminating distractions from your life, but also adding important practices that draw your attention to God. True repentance not only reflects a turning away from sin, but it also represents a turn toward God (2 Corinthians 7:10). You should also focus your spirit on the things of God. Paul summarized it this way: “Let us purify ourselves from everything that contaminates body and spirit, perfecting holiness out of reverence for God” (2 Corinthians 7:1).

For example, you should stay physically aware of the physical passions of your flesh that pull you away from wholehearted devotion to the Lord. What may an undistracted physical and spiritual life look like? Physical devotion relates to what you remove from your life, while spiritual devotion refers to what you add to your life. Paul described the unmarried woman as one whose aim “is to be devoted to the Lord in both body and spirit” (v. Second, a person who strives to live with undistracted devotion realizes that this lifestyle will impact the physical and spiritual realms of life. Exclusive devotion to the Lord has always been the mark of any faithful follower of God. They serve as an example for all of us to emulate. These few heroes of the faith were not meant to be the “professional” version of God’s followers. Josiah, Hezekiah, and David were also known for their wholehearted devotion (1 Kings 15:3 2 Kings 20:3 2 Chronicles 34:2). Wholehearted devotion constituted David’s prayer for his son Solomon: “And you, my son Solomon, acknowledge the God of your father, and serve him with wholehearted devotion and with a willing mind, for the Lord searches every heart and understands every desire and every thought” (1 Chronicles 28:9). For example, the Lord described Caleb as a person with a different spirit because he followed God with a whole heart (Numbers 14:24). The Old Testament described some notable people as wholeheartedly devoted to the Lord. However, I can’t help but assume that undistracted devotion may represent the goal to which God calls all of us, regardless of our marital status.

This principle falls in a passage where Paul is instructing the church in Corinth about relationships. But a married man is concerned about the affairs of this world…” (vv. Paul wrote, “An unmarried man is concerned about the Lord’s affairs-how he can please the Lord. First, the person with an undistracted life focuses exclusively upon the things of God. This key scripture gives us two insights into the pattern of an undistracted life. The Pattern of the Undistracted Christian

#AN UNDISTRACTED MIND FULL#

I have often wondered what undistracted devotion looks like because my life is so full of distractions. We struggle to follow Jesus without becoming distracted. I have found their problem looks like the problem of many followers of Jesus. They struggled with focusing their attention for a normal period of time for their age and development.

While their problems varied, though, there was one problem all of them shared on some level. Almost all of the students I served had a variety of issues that prevented them from learning. Have you ever thought that it may be possible to live for the Lord without distractions? I used to teach special education. The Apostle Paul introduced the principle of undistracted devotion as an aim for everyday life. 1 Corinthians 7:35: “I say this for your own benefit, not to put a restraint on you, but to promote what is appropriate and to secure undistracted devotion to the Lord.”

An undistracted mind