{"id":12675,"date":"2026-05-26T02:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T02:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/?p=12675"},"modified":"2026-05-25T17:17:04","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T17:17:04","slug":"distraction-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/?p=12675","title":{"rendered":"DISTRACTION"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>FAITH CAPSULE: <\/strong>The agenda of distraction is to destroy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>Numbers 14<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The spirit of distraction is not of God.<br \/>Strive to be awake, not to be a victim of distraction.<br \/>Give to the word of God to gain from the warning against distraction.<br \/><em><strong>Colossians 1:28 <\/strong><\/em>records, <em><strong>&#8220;Him we preach,\u00a0warning every man and teaching every man in all wisdom, that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus.&#8221;<\/strong><\/em><br \/>Distraction is a destroyer with no respect for whom it attacks.<br \/>Distraction will not warn the victim of devices.<br \/>A victim of distraction does not arrive at the expected destination.<br \/>Distraction does not send a warning when it sets out to visit the victim.<br \/>Answering titles, religion, or ages will not be exempt from the spirit of distraction from visiting to delay or deny one.<br \/>Distraction attempted to tempt Jesus to deny Him in His journey of life.<br \/>When Jesus came out of fasting forty days and forty nights, He was hungry when the tempter came to Him, saying, <em><strong>\u201cIf You are the Son of God, command that these stones become bread.\u201d Jesus responded, \u201cIt is written, \u2018Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.\u201d (Matthew 4:4)<\/strong><\/em><br \/>Jesus avoided distraction, not looking away from the expectation of His purpose, waiting for forty days and forty nights.<br \/>Repeatedly, the spirit of distraction tempted Jesus to gain entrance, but it failed.<br \/>With the word of God, Jesus overcame the spirit of distraction.<br \/>Distraction did not exempt Jesus from its visitation.<br \/>Identify the distraction, and avoid being a victim of distraction.Distraction will derail the journey to the desired destination.<br \/>The children of Israel were out of the bondage of over four hundred years when distraction denied them from arriving at the Promised Land.<br \/>Distraction denied them the ability to live obediently to the word of God.<br \/>Confessing negligently before God prompts the repose of God.<br \/><em><strong>Numbers 14:28-30 <\/strong><\/em>records the response of God to the complaint of Israel, stating, <em><strong>&#8220;Say to them, \u2018As I live,\u2019 says the\u00a0Lord, \u2018just as you have spoken in My hearing, so I will do to you:\u00a0The carcasses of you who have complained against Me shall fall in this wilderness,\u00a0all of you who were numbered, according to your entire number, from twenty years old and above.\u00a0Except for Caleb, the son of Jephunneh and Joshua the son of Nun, you shall by no means enter the land which I\u00a0swore I would make you dwell in.&#8221;<\/strong><\/em><br \/>The Israelites could not hold to the word of God but to their world, which is not able to deliver what God promised them.<br \/>When the word of God sounds with a promise, seeing in the word of God will be received; distraction will fail.<br \/>The Israelites did not see the promise of God in His word that promised the Promised Land.<br \/>Distraction derailed the Israelites, and they did not arrive at the promise of God.<br \/>Distraction is bound to blur the vision of one who does not see clearly in the spoken word of direction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Prayer for today: <\/strong>Ask that you live for God and not be distracted from God.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FAITH CAPSULE: The agenda of distraction is to destroy. Numbers 14 The spirit of distraction is not of God.Strive to be awake, not to be a victim of distraction.Give to the word of God to gain from the warning against distraction.Colossians 1:28 records, &#8220;Him we preach,\u00a0warning every man and teaching every man in all wisdom, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/?p=12675\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">DISTRACTION<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12675","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-devotions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12675","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12675"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12675\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12676,"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12675\/revisions\/12676"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12675"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12675"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12675"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}