Combating Boredom

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Pastor Vincent - 10 October 2013

Follow The Lord's Instruction Closely In Spiritual Battle

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It is human nature to worry about tomorrow. What if I can't do this, what if things don't work well tomorrow.. what if we often let what has yet to happen to rob away our present happiness in Lord. Before Jericho, the Lord said to Joshua, " See, I have delivered Jericho into your hands, along with its king and its fighting men.." God is always there, He is always present in your sadness, your current helplessness, your current family problem, relationship problems and even your insufficiency. But we often forget, we are often being frightened by what have yet to comeÉ the what if's in your mind - Satan is always instilling the fear, the deceptions and confuse our spirits so that we cannot look at the truth of God and draw strength from it. Behind the problem we are seeing everyday is actually the deeper spiritual battles that we need to fight against Satan - who is attacking us in every possible way just to divert us away from God's truth so that we feel the gospel irrelevant. But God has a precise instruction to our problems now, so that we can stand against the devil's scheme. Be in sync with God, hear what the Lord says and follow it carefully. As we wait upon the Lord and see what He is doing right now in our lives, we will then not be distracted by Satan into following our own desires and emotions. The Lord is not slow in fulfilling His promise and He has time for everything, therefore, go into prayer and ask God to reveal the very next thing we can do while waiting for His timetable. As we develop the instinct to hear Him through prayers, our faithful God will not hide from you and when the perfect time comes, your Jericho will be conquered, as you become more intimate with God.

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“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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Preacher Hui Jun
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Huijun serves as Secretary of The Blessed RUN Ministries. She is also the Preacher at The Life Church and Missions (Singapore). She graduated from Singapore Bible College and currently lives in Singapore with her husband, Chengji.

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