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Obstacle of Distraction
Nehemiah 6:1-9
"squirrel" - Movie “Up” - Dug the dog.
We can be so easily be distracted.
God has given us a job to do.
Take Gospel to the world.
As long as life is easy we stay on task.
Health, finances, pandemics, war, kids, debt,
Why is it we get distracted from the Great Commission?
4 Ways We Get Sidetracked From God’s Call
1- Distracted by Others Desires(1-4)
Get caught up doing what other people want you to do over what God wants you to do.
Don't let other people and what they want from you define you.
They wanted him to stop the work and were offering peace as a lure.
ILL- Fishing- the lure looks like everything they could ever wish for.
When they bite, they die.
Sanballat didn’t want peace, he wanted the destruction of the walls.
Satan doesn’t get you by saying he wants to kill you.
He gets you by offering something that sounds good.
Peace sounded great.
But it was just a way to take him away from the work and possibly kill him.
They wanted to distract him with diplomacy.
This was a repeated temptation.
Don’t put your guard down because you survived one temptation.
Make him tired until he gives in.
2- Distracted by Others Lies (5-7a)
Slander- Lets see if he will come and defend his own name.
The purpose of their slander was the make him mad so he was distracted from his work.
Takes a detour to defend himself.
When we take a detour for no good reason we fail at our mission.
ILL- GPS - Tells when roads are slow from wrecks or weather.
They are usually behind.
Everything is clear and they are still saying to take the long way.
Trying so hard to not waste a second that we go long way for no reason.
Don’t let what others are saying to stop you from doing what you know is right.
3- Distracted by Others Perception (7b-8)
This distraction has to do with the result of the slander.
This is more than just them telling a lie about you.
This is the results of who believes the lies.
Will he fear that the King would hear the lies and believe them?
Do not care what other people think about you.
ILL- ME - people and dogs- and scars to prove it.
This isn’t about what the enemy thinks but what those who hear the enemy might think.
4- Distracted by Personal Indecision (9)
When you let others define who you are you can get indecisive.
Keeps you from persevering.
“they wanted to frighten”= intimidate.
To make them stop.
The remedy= Prayed to God to strengthen his hands.
Strengthen his resolve.
Work harder at what you know for sure to be the right thing.
If God has already told us what to do we do not have to doubt.
Do it until he tells you something else.
Perseverance - don’t give up.
Decide before it happens that you are going to follow God no matter what the cost.
You cannot saddle the fence.
“O God, strengthen my hands.”
Literally- “God keep me on task”
CONCLUSION
You are either for God or against God.
You can’t be neutral.
-distraction is proof that your confused of your assignment.
One day we will all stand before God in judgement.
Whose side are you on?
Have you made Jesus the boss?
Parable of the Prodigal Son - He was distracted by selfishness.
Will you let distraction keep you away from God?
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