A life frittered away disgusts God;
he loves those who run straight for the finish line.
Proverbs 15:9
Observation: As part of this collection of one-sentence proverbs is this ... God dislikes it when a life is "frittered away". This is clearly about a life that is unfocused, meandering on so many worthless topics and pursuits, instead of focusing on the Lord's purposes, direction, and prize for one's life.
Application: We spent time as a family yesterday talking about "how" satan has deceived society in recent times, and the root cause is very difficult to identify. However, perhaps this is it. Between phone apps, mindless games, social media, and hours of 'content' online, everyone (myself very much included) is frittering away their lives. We just sit around and consume digital inputs that are meaningless and worthless, instead of putting our minds and hearts into meditation of the Lord.
Only 100 years ago, most down-time for people was spent in thought, and that thought was open to the influence of the Lord. It took a decision to exclusively think on other secular topics. Today, people can go days without thinking ... at all. We even have issues about people losing skills associated with concentration, reading, cognitive recognition, problem solving, and logical analysis. I myself can spend hours mindlessly playing a video game that has no objective point or goal at all, but rather is just a series of puzzles that has no outcome but to progress to the next puzzle.
I am frittering away my life. This disgusts God.
Prayer: Lord, I see this issue in my life. I am becoming mindless, in that I can go hours without thinking on anything, let alone you. May I get this under control, and refocus my thought life on you and your word. Amen.
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