Do Not Be Distracted

Proverbs 4:20-27:

20 My son, be attentive to my words; incline your ear to my sayings.
21 Let them not escape from your sight; keep them within your heart.
22 For they are life to those who find them, and healing to all their flesh.
23 Keep your heart with all vigilance, for from it flow the springs of life.
24 Put away from you crooked speech, and put devious talk far from you.
25 Let your eyes look directly forward, and your gaze be straight before you.
26 Ponder the path of your feet; then all your ways will be sure.
27 Do not swerve to the right or to the left; turn your foot away from evil.

Focus. In one word that's what this passage in calling for. Over and over again Proverbs has given good advice for daily living. However, there will be little long term change if we are easily distracted. We should think hard about the decisions we make, use the wisdom given to us in scripture, and stay the course set out before us.