FAITH CAPSULE: Distraction is not of God but of the devil.

Genesis 11

Distraction is to deny.
Distraction is a silent derailer that comes as a diversion, interruption, disturbance, interference, obstruction, or hindrance.
When distraction has a place, it will delay or destroy an arrival at a divine assignment or destination in the life journey.
Distraction does have different ways of taking a position in the life journey.
Pay attention not to be a victim of distraction.
One answering as a believer is not an excuse not to be a victim of distraction.
Distraction is nothing but a weapon for the devil to destroy.
It is a prayer not to be a victim of distraction.
DIVERSION IS DISTRACTION
The story of Terah, the father of Abram, testifies as the victim of diversion (distraction)
Genesis 11: 31-32 records that Terah and his children “went out with them from Ur of the Chaldeans to go to the land of Canaan; and they came to Haran and dwelt there. So the days of Terah were two hundred and five years, and Terah died in Haran.
Terah diverted his journey from Canaan to Haran until he was two hundred and five years old and died.
Terah is a victim of diversion, a silent distraction.
Ask that wherever distraction is militating against your life, you know and do not know to be permanently terminated.
Diversion is a distraction that derailed Terah not to arriving at his destination.
INTERRUPTION IS DISTRACTION
God had a plan for the life of Samson, but he was interrupted and failed to prepare for God.
Before the birth of Samson, the angel of God delivered the message of preparation to be engaged by Samson and the plan of God for his life to the mother of Samson.
Judges 13:5 records the message, “For behold, you shall conceive and bear a son. And no razor shall come upon his head, for the child shall be a Nazirite to God from the womb; and he shall begin to deliver Israel out of the hand of the Philistines.”
Samson was aware of the message of preparation for the plan of God.
Samson violated the command of God when his wife, Delilah, became an agent of interruption.
Samson was strong enough to deliver his people by not cutting his hair.
Judges 16:16-17 documents how Delilah interrupted the plan of God over the life of Samson, “when she pestered him daily with her words and pressed him, so that his soul was vexed to death, 17 that he told her all his heart, and said to her, “No razor has ever come upon my head, for I have been a Nazirite to God from my mother’s womb. If I am shaven, then my strength will leave me, and I shall become weak, and be like any other man.”
Samson revealed the secret of his strength to his wife, and the strength in him departed.
Delila interrupted Samson as an agent of distraction.
Samson became a victim of distraction.

Prayer for today: Ask that God will enable you to live in preparation for His plan.