4 Ways to NOT Follow the Lord

1. Focus on Your Problems

Focusing on your problems = worry = not trusting the Lord. Pretty simple, huh? When we place our focus on the storms of life, we can't follow the Lord.

2. Focus on Yourself

I've been guilty of this one recently. When your focus is on yourself, not matter how good your intentions, you can't follow the Lord. God wants us to put all our trust and focus on Him.

3. Focus on Your Rights

We are told to protect our rights in this country. Nothing wrong with that... but you have no rights in God's economy. We were bought at a high price:

1 Corinthians 6:19–20 (ESV)

¹⁹Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own,

²⁰for you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body.

4. Focus on Doing Right

When you place your emphasis on keeping the rules (following the law), you will break them more. God doesn't want us to focus on doing right... He wants us to place our focus on Him.

Wrap-up:
The truth is, you can't focus on anything but God in order to follow Him. Everything else just gets in the way! Do any of these four hindrances speak to you today? Refocus on Him and follow Him today.