Paying attention to what gets our attention, may lead us on a new adventure.
I recently attended a healing prayer service at our church. I had never attended anything like that. I didn’t have a particular urgent need for healing, but I know a ton of people who do and who doesn’t need some kind of healing in their lives, no matter how small it may seem?
I enjoyed it. There was a short message. We read some scripture passages and then we all prayed quietly in different areas of the sanctuary, while music played softly.
During the message, given by our associate pastor, she said that she always tells people to, “pay attention to what gets our attention, whether it is physical, emotional or spiritual.” She went on to say in a world with constant noise, from television, to computers, to smart phones, we have become really good at tuning things out.
Over the past few days, I’ve given noise a lot of thought. When I get in my car, the radio is on. As I drive down the road, there are billboards competing for my attention. People have advertisements plastered on the sides of their cars and it’s now political season. The political ads will be constant.
When I open my Facebook page, ads pop up. When I surf the internet, ads pop up. When I’m watching television and commercials come on, I check my Facebook page.
Pastor Debbie pointed out that with all of the noise that we filter through daily, when something catches our attention, we should pay special attention to it. There’s probably a reason.
It’s up to us to stop and ask ourselves why? Why did that particular ad, or pop up, catch our attention? Why did that phrase that a co-worker uttered, stay on our minds? Why did a particular Bible verse or story, continue to stay with us long after we read or heard it? Why did an argument with a close friend or family member hurt us so deeply? Why did a news story bring us to tears?
When we pay attention to what gets our attention, we can spend some time in prayer asking God to help us understand. Sometimes we may need to explore something new. We may be getting a new calling. Sometimes we need to gain a deeper understanding of something that is going on around us. Sometimes we need healing.
Sometimes, God is gently pointing out to us that we have a part of us that we haven’t allowed to heal for whatever reason and He’s trying to get our attention. He can heal us, if we ask Him to, if we will allow Him to. But, we first have to acknowledge the hurt.
I learned a lot from that healing service. I’m really making an effort to pay attention to what gets my attention. Maybe you would like to try it too. What is getting your attention today?
Have an awesome day!
Wendy 🙂