Distracti.... Look Squirrel!

Garth Heckman

The David Alliance

TDAgiantSlayer@Gmail.com 

 

Medevil times had a torture where they tied each limb of a person to a horse. So there were four horses and each one had a rope tied from the horse to one of the arms or legs. Then they would command the horses to all run as fast as they could all in opposite directions. It was truly barbaric as arms and legs were ripped off. 

What was the name of the torture called?

It was called distraction. 

 

 

Which distractions in your life have become disguised as priorities?

 

When was the last time you sat down next to someone or talking to someone at a party and asked them what they did and they said “Im a professional Bull rider”. I have never had it happen…. Now maybe if I lived in Texas, but still it would be rare! 

Being a man of God is as about as rare today as being a professional bull rider.

 

Why? I believe the main reason is because of distraction. Sin isn’t any more or less than any other time in todays world… Men didn’t just recently start noticing beautiful women. Drugs have always been around. There are no new sins… Satan has always been around… but distractions are at an all time high. 

 

 

The biggest danger in distractions is you don’t see them as distractions.

 

Let me ask you a very simple question. If you took all the time you have spent on your phone in the past 2 years… and simply practiced the piano - how good would you be? I asked AI this and here is what they said. 

You would likely reach an intermediate level much faster than 3-5 years, potentially within 6 months to a year, assuming quality, focused practice.

In 3 to 3.5 years you would be an advanced pianist. 

 

How long would it take to read the whole bible. If you read at an average pace or listened to it on an app…

In summary:

• Non-stop reading: 2-3 days
• Daily reading (typical pace): 1 year
• Daily reading (fast pace): 3 months (90 days)
• Daily listening: 2 months

Let me break it down into a realistic day to day… you would read 3.3 chapters a day. 

 

So why are you not the man of God you want to be? Its not sin… its really not. Its distractions. 

 

Being a man of God is as about as rare today as being a professional bull rider. Ride the Bull! Daily!