Episode 14: What distracts us from taking a break? (Pitstop Pt 2)

podcast July 27, 2022

How to Avoid Distractions While at the Pitstop

There is so much noise in our world today. Taking a moment to spend time in a pitstop is viewed as being lazy. Our society does not appreciate the importance of a pitstop.

1st Kings 19:5-8 tells us about Elijah’s pitstop. Elijah was hiding from Jezebel. An angel woke him up in his pitstop and instructed him to get up and eat. After eating, he fell asleep again. The angel woke him up again to eat and drink. The Lord was preparing Elijah for what was ahead of him. After eating and drinking, Elijah traveled for 40 days and 40 days to get to Mount Horeb.

From Elijah’s experience, it is easy to think he was a coward; thus, he decided to run away from Jezebel. The truth is, he needed time in his pitstop to be strengthened for what was ahead of him.

Have you ever been in your pitstop, and someone labeled you lazy? It happens because we are in a world that is all about grinding all the time. Do not let the noise around you keep you from taking time to refuel, remember, and rejuvenate.

In this episode, we will look at the distractions we experience in our pitstops and how we can avoid them. Listen in, learn, and get inspired.

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Key talking Points of the Episode:

[01:14] What’s the purpose of a pitstop

[03:15] The three R’s

[10:10] Why distraction is the enemy of greatness

[10:55] Distractions that keep us from aligning with God

[19:02] How we can keep ourselves away from destruction

[21:45] Elijah’s Pitstop

Magical Quotes from the Episode:

“Success in our definition equals personal alignment, plus self-development times faith.” [03:47]

“Pitstops are necessary, because you don’t know the length of the next string or the next leg of this race.” [08:33]

“The enemy of greatness is distraction.”- [09:49]

“We believe that excellence and greatness are in relationship together. But when you’re distracted, that means that you are allowing other things to pull from your capacity. If you’re not using all your capacities to do a great thing, how can you actually be an excellence?”- [10:23]

“As children of God, if we focus on the noise, we’re not aligned to the creator of heaven and earth, who wants to give us beautiful, sweet tasting fruit to give this world that may not know what that even tastes like.”- [15:28]

“God is the pitstop and he gives you foresight, he prophesized to you, here’s what here’s what’s coming, regardless of what you’ve been experienced.”- [22:10]

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