05 Jul Combating Boredom
“Harms” of boredom.
- Negative emotions.
- Easy prey for the evil one >>> Sins and distractions.
What cause boredom?
1) May not be due to “nothing to do”.
- “Not interested” rather than “not busy”.
2) Overstimulation.
- Bombarded with much info and feeds, but feel bored again when ‘high’ wears off.
- 2019-2020: Average daily social media usage of users worldwide is 145 minutes.
- World of data and entertainment in our hands, yet still suffers from “leisure boredom”.
3) Not awestruck enough by God.
- Our flesh easily loses appreciation for God’s glory.
- Thus, becomes under-committed to God >>> Lose passion in
Combating boredom.
1) Set our hearts on God again.
- <Col 3> 1 Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. 2 Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things.
- Boredom is both a sign and an invitation.
- Boredom is a sign that our life is moving in the wrong direction.
- Boredom >>> Trivial distractions >>> Boredom again!
- Boredom tells us something needs to change: Our Heart!
- Boredom invites us to be in awe with God again.
Ecclesiastes 1:1 The words of the Teacher, son of David, king in Jerusalem:
2 “Meaningless! Meaningless!”
says the Teacher.
“Utterly meaningless!
Everything is meaningless.”
3 What do people gain from all their labors
at which they toil under the sun?
8 All things are wearisome,
more than one can say.
The eye never has enough of seeing,
nor the ear its fill of hearing.
9 What has been will be again,
what has been done will be done again;
there is nothing new under the sun.
10 Is there anything of which one can say,
“Look! This is something new”?
It was here already, long ago;
it was here before our time.
14 I have seen all the things that are done under the sun; all of them are meaningless, a chasing after the wind.
- Earthly things cannot cure our
- We have to look to God who is above (not under the sun).
2) Revive interest in the Bible.
- Oops, cure boredom with boredom?
- The Bible is NOT boring, but we are not curious enough, our sinful disinterest makes us think it is boring.
- Amazing book: Easy enough for kids, yet intriguing enough for the wise, and has the power to transform lives.
3) Have a thankful heart.
- Col 3:17 And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.
- <Lam 3:23>: God’s mercies are new every morning.
- Learn to enjoy God in very ordinary day-to-day life.
4) Lively and dynamic fellowship with God.
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