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.