What's your one thing?
David asked the Lord for one thing: that he may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of his life. Is that your one thing? What do you desire above all else? If you had to whittle it down to one thing, what would it be? Honestly. We live in Distractionville all of us. And it can ruin us if we let it. It steals our ability to focus and concentrate for any length of time. It causes anxiety and stress. Do we know how to settle down and be still any more? Can we stop worshiping the Busy god and admit that it does not fulfill us as we want? Or maybe your god is keeping up with the latest "trends" and "posts." This god, too, will fail us. What if, just saying, our one thing were the same as David's? What if the thing we most valued and treasured were His Presence? That is what dwelling in the house of the Lord means: intimacy with God. Valuing His Presence more than anything. When we do this, Distractionville loses its appeal. It is exposed for wh