Do Not Let Them Distract Us

Psalms 109:1-3 Do not keep silent, O God of my praise! For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful have opened against me; they have spoken against me with a lying tongue. They have also surrounded me with words of hatred, and fought against me without a cause.

The one thing the devils are good at is knowing how to distract us. We get entangled with social media, television, hobbies, and other such things. However, one of the greatest distractions we can encounter is the false accusations of others. Those times when people say things about us that are not true. Those moments when we are maligned because of what we believe or what we stand for. In a world where right is wrong and wrong is right; if we stand for God's truth, persecution and false accusations will inevitably come our way. So, how should we respond? Well, Jesus set the ultimate example for us. 1 Peter 2:23 tells us, "Who, when He was reviled, did not revile in return; when He suffered, He did not threaten, but committed Himself to Him who judges righteously." The best response we can have to the distraction of dealing with false accusations, and nasty rumors about us, is to turn our attention to God, in prayer. We know that God knows our hearts and is already aware of what is being said about us. Rather than feed into the drama, we need to turn our attention to the Lord, and focus on our dedication and service to Him. He will take care of our accusers. Jesus made it clear that we are to love our enemies and pray for those who spitefully use us and persecute us (Matthew 5:43-48). We must stand our ground and return good for evil, for this is what is pleasing to the Lord, and gives room for God to take vengeance on our behalf (Romans 12:17-21). Let us not allow ourselves to be distracted from what our mission is here on earth. We must not forget that other people are not really our enemies, and that the driving forces behind them are the real enemies. However, in Jesus they have already been defeated and we already have the victory.

Today, God extends an invitation to you to accept His free gift of salvation (Rom 7:23). Will you accept it? Anyone who calls on Jesus, by faith, in repentance, confessing your sins, will receive eternal life. Do not put off calling on Him, and receive His free gift of salvation today (Rom 10:13).