Spiritual ADHD Part 1

Just started a 4 week series called Spiritual ADHD. It is comparing the struggles and experiences of a person who has ADHD with what those struggles may be like for Christians if they happened to have Spiritual ADHD. Make sure to click on the link to read the rest of this post!

ADHD Mind from Shaun Mayfield on Vimeo.

Video Above: Experience the inside process of a mind on ADHD when a simple task like thinking of a persons name that you are related to... you know something really easy. Daily repetitious thoughts are tough enough but when we really got to think this is what happens in our minds.

The four struggles of a person that we will focus on the next few weeks are:

• Spiritually Drifting Off
  
• Spiritually Tuned Out
  
• Spiritually Impulsive
  
• Spiritual Hyperactivity

[Drifting Off]
What happens when we drift off spiritually and lose track of what we believe and drift out of our race that we are running? In Greek, the word for drift as it's found in Hebrews 2:1 talks about a leaking bucket, that we are slowly leaking out what God has put into us.

The next couple of verses talk about the reason we are not to drift is because of what we have 'heard', which is in Hebrews 1. It talks about who Christ is, that he is God in all His majesty, that he is heir to all things, maker of all things, express image of God, he upholds all things, he forgave us of all our sins by dying and after that was seated at the right hand of God. He is higher than all the angels.

Hebrews 2:3 talks about salvation being spoke by those who have believed. If you jump to Hebrews 11 it is the chapter of faith heroes who are those that have spoke in the past, then chapter 12 begins with saying that now all those who have spoken are no longer speaking but are now cheering us on so that we don't DRIFT. That is powerful, they no longer have a voice for speaking of faith but now they are screaming your name out, saying you can make it, keep fighting, keep running, keep up the endurance!

Don't be a drifter, do not leak. God has the task of filling us and we must be careful to allow Him to patch us up as we become leaky vessels. I am cheering you on, all those that have believed that are in heaven are cheering you on as a cloud of witnesses. Run, don't grow weary, don't tire out, don't drift into other lanes. Don't get disqualified.