Distractions!
“I am saying this for your benefit, not to place restrictions on you.
I want you to do whatever will help you serve the Lord best, with as few distractions as possible.” 1 Corinthians 7:35
MANY YEARS AGO, Leadership Journal ran a cartoon of Martin Luther sitting in front of a television, holding a remote control and channel surfing. The title offered the comment “If there had been television in 1517,” and the punch line was Luther saying, “I ought to write down those ninety-five things I was thinking about the other day… naaah … let’s see what’s on the tube.” The great Reformer, who is famous for writing ninety-five charges against the church and changing the landscape of Christianity by introducing Protestantism, was procrastinating so that he could watch a little more TV.
Televisión, videojuegos, redes sociales. Parecen distracciones inofensivas, pero pueden ser un cajón de sastre vacío en el que perder el tiempo. Aunque pueden proporcionar un descanso mental momentáneo, cuando pienso en todas las cosas más importantes que podría estar haciendo, me estremezco.