Commitments made in elation are often forgotten in temptation.

Earlier today I read an article from CruPress Green titled, "Post-Conference Blahs?" It started out, "I’m willing to bet that thousands of us involved with Cru are in what I call the 'Post Conference Blahs' right now. We’re 2-3 weeks away from a winter conference and the conference “high” has slowly or quickly worn off. Chuck Swindoll says, 'Commitments made in elation are often forgotten in temptation.'"

I made a lot of commitments  recently, and honestly I'm not feeling too great about them. Temptation HAS set in. The every day "stuff" HAS crept back in to my world. But I don't want that awesome time of connecting with the Lord and others to evaporate into a distant memory.

What I am reminding myself of and hope to spur others towards is this: how do I keep my heart from being distracted by everything BUT intimacy and devotion to the Lord?


Many of us heard incredible teaching at various winter conferences.
Many made commitments of surrender.
Many purposed to make changes in their lives.


So what do we do to keep our hearts fully committed to the Lord and live with undistracted devotion to intimacy with Him?


I think we have to ask the question, “Why do we allow our hearts to become so easily distracted?”

Why do we allow idols(little gods) to take the place we so earnestly gave to the Lord during a time of elation?

“The sin of unbelief lies at the heart of all other sins and especially at the heart of idolatry…It’s easy to see why. When we fail to believe the truth about who Jesus is and miss the impact of His astounding work in suffering and dying for our sin, it will be impossible to resist the allurement of the gods of this earth as they whisper their promised pleasures to us.” Elyse Fitzpatrick Idols of the Heart


So when you’re feeling particularly distracted, ask yourself a few questions:
o When I allow my focus on Jesus to be distracted, what am I NOT believing about God?
o What lies am I believing?
o How can I replace those with the truth about who Jesus is and what He did for me on the cross? 

I want this year to be one in which I don’t allow my heart to dwell in distraction.

This year I want my prayer to be like David’s in Psalm 86:11,

“Teach me your way, O LORD,
and I will walk in your truth;
give me an undivided heart,
that I may fear your name.”

As a result of this prayer, I have decided to begin a fast with the Lord to focus on Him and clear my heart and mind from things that are keeping me from being fully committed to what He has for me. I don't know what this looks like quite yet, or for how long it will last. I intend on taking some time to be in prayer about it and use this blog to document my journey. If you are reading this now, I hope you will support me in prayer as I take time to explore undistracted devotion to intimacy with Him.