FAITH CAPSULE: Are you avoiding devices of distraction so as not to follow God?

1 Samuel 13

The disobedience of King Saul was a distraction.
1 Samuel 13:5-7 documents the distraction of the Israelites, causing them to become scattered in the face of their enemies.
The Bible records, “Then the Philistines gathered together to fight with Israel, [c]thirty thousand chariots and six thousand horsemen, and people as the sand which is on the seashore in multitude. And they came up and encamped in Michmash, to the east of Beth Aven. 6 When the men of Israel saw that they were in danger (for the people were distressed), then the people hid in caves, in thickets, in rocks, in holes, and in pits. 7 And some of the Hebrews crossed over the Jordan to the land of Gad and Gilead. As for Saul, he was still in Gilgal, and all the people followed him trembling.” 
The Israelites do not have any reasonable excuse to look at the military might of the Philistines set against them.
Also, King Saul does not have to look at the fear that caused the stress of the Israelites.
King Saul did not follow the instructions of God through the Prophet Samuel.
King Saul was to wait for seven days, but he failed to wait for Prophet Samuel.
King Saul should have focused on the direction to follow through.
Are you following the word of God?
Following the word of God is engaging direction, not to become a victim of the wicked world.
Distraction can be a weapon of the enemy to deny arrival at the assignment of God.
Many with the calling to follow God have become victims of distraction.
Distraction does not announce itself to derail King Saul from the proposed agenda of God for His calling over his life.
Distraction will derail or deny one with no focus on God.
Distraction is the agent that prevents one from getting to the divine assignment.
Distraction is an agent of derailment from walking in the Lord, to answer fully, just like Caleb and Joshua.
The character of anyone who follows the word of God shall become built up to the glory of God.
Apostle Paul admonishes all in Acts 20:32, “So now, brethren, I commend you to God and to the word of His grace, which is able to build you up and give you an inheritance among all those who are sanctified.”
Distraction can build up discouragement.
Follow the word of God and be built up for the glory of God.
Pray that being distracted will not have a place in you to deny and derail you from arriving at your divine assignment.
What is distracting is not of God but of the devil.
Seven things that come with distraction are:
Deny distraction from having a place in your heart.
The source of distraction for one not to live life for the glory of God can be from the closest ones.

Prayer for today: Ask for deliverance from any form of distraction.