Regaining Your Focus

If the condition of ADD/ADHD was around when I was in elementary school there is no doubt in my mind I would have been diagnosed with both and most likely put on heavy doses of medicine to help me. I much liken myself to the dog on the Pixar movie Up. If you remember the movie there was a dog in the movie with a human voice (well at least a collar that transmitted a human voice) and every time something moved it distracted him and he would yell out, "squirrel." That's me in a nutshell, ask my wife if you already don't know me well enough to have discerned it yourself. As much as I would like to say, "it was me" I have to admit it is me. I struggle with focus, with paying attention longer than 20 seconds.
In our passage for this Sunday's sermon this is precisely what Paul, the author of the letter of Ephesians, encourages the church to. To stay, gain, regain focus. Listen to a couple of quotes from this passage we will be using: "let no one deceive you" (Eph 5:6) that is to distract you, to turn your attention away from that which is most important. Another one, "For at one time you were darkness, but now you are the light int he Lord. Walk as children of light and try to discern what is pleasing to the Lord." (Eph 5:8,10) Paul is saying gain clarity, get perspective don't be distracted by other things that may be well and good but not what is necessarily pleasing to the Lord's desires for you.
A third quote, "Take no part in the unfruitful works of darkness" (Eph 5:11) That's the equivalent of your mother coming up to you and putting both hands on your face and turning it towards her own and saying, "now look at me when I talk to you!" She is serious and she wants your undivided attention because either you have done something worthy of a spanking or you are about to and she needs you to focus on what she is saying to you. 
And finally look at verses 15-21 of chapter 5 and Paul starts that section out with the exhortation, "Look carefully then how you walk, not as unwise but as wise..." This section is screaming out at us to stay, gain and regain focus. Focus on Christ and that which pleases Him and that which He desires for us. What is stealing your focus away from that which is most important?