What channel are you watching?

Life is like a television! You are probably thinking, "this should be interesting." Well, it's more simple than you might think.

Our televisions today have a much larger number of stations from which to choose than we did when I was young. Growing up in Nashville, I remember having the three main networks (CBS, NBC, and ABC) and the local education channel. That was all the choices we had. Therefore, we didn't do much "channel surfing" back in the day.

At our house now we have satellite television with approximately 250 channels - a channel surfers paradise, a regular tsunami of programing. It is really easy to switch back and forth between a large number of channels. Problem is, you can switch the channel so many times that you end up not being able to keep up with any of the programs you are trying to watch. In a sense you are experiencing media A.D.D. - a lack of focus.

In our lives, and in particular our spiritual lives, we can experience a type of A.D.D. because of the many things which battle for our attention. We keep cramming more and more into our already busy lives and eventually we find ourselves not being able to do anything well. Our busy lives often lead us to ignore the most important part of our lives - our relationship with the Lord. It's not that we really mean to let this happen, but that seems to be the easiest thing to let go of.

The first part of Hebrews 12:2 tells us, "Let us fix our eyes on Jesus . . ." Maintaining our focus upon the most important part of our lives is really the secret to keeping the other parts of our lives in perspective. When our walk with Jesus is given the priority it deserves we gain an understanding of what needs to stay in our lives and what needs to go. So let's put down the remote and quit bouncing around so much with our lives. I believe we'll find life to be more rewarding and fulfilling which is exactly what we were looking for in the first place.