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Multitasking Introduction
Any of you multitaskers?
Some of you are doing it right now.
I’m not talking about mowing the lawn and listening to a sermon, a book on tape, or a song at the same time.
I’m saying you are trying to equally focus on multiple things at the same time.
Read a book, and watch a movie at the same time.
Have a conversation with your wife and file your taxes both at the same time.
Some of us do it because we think that it saves time.
You are killing 2 birds with 1 stone.
Others have a difficult time focusing on a single thing, so they get distracted.
Others, have no self-control, and they do whatever their eyes see.
Whether or not we like it, our culture has accepted multitasking.
It’s pretty common place.
Some of you are doing it right now.
You’ve got your phone out.
The person next to you thinks you are on the ESV app, but really you are ordering something from Amazon.
And then you are going to research whether or not multitasking really is a problem, by making a quick trip to wikipedia.
You can go out to eat with someone, and while you are talking to them, they are on their phone.
They seem distracted.
You ask what they are doing.
They are working on a spreadsheet, on their phone.
We are able to bring our work with us wherever we go.
You ever follow that person who is really slow.
You think he is drunk.
You finally pass him, only to see him gazing down at his lap, because he’s on the phone.
We are a culture that has accepted multitasking, thinking that it is more productive.
Proudly, I’d say I can play tanks and have a conversation with Amanda.
But the reality is that this is not true.
But if you were to ask her, she’d say that’s not true.
As I’m playing, I’m the tank
I have a hard time playing tanks and talking to Amanda.
I don’t finish my sentences.
My thoughts are incomplete.
We are a culture that has accepted multitasking, thinking that it is more productive.
It may seem easier to multitask, but in reality, studies have shown that multitasking is less efficient.
One study showed that multitasking can reduce productivity by as much as 40%.
That book you are reading while watching the movie -
You’ll read 40% less.
You’ll comprehend 40% less.
Or you’ll only be able to pay attention to a fraction of the movie.
One researcher from Stanford found that when we multitask, our brains are affected.
They are not able to get into deep thought.
They are not able to focus on the problem at hand, because the rest of your attention is going elsewhere.
Think of a computer.
If you open too many programs, too many windows at one time, what happens?
It slows down.
It doesn’t have the horsepower to power all those different tasks affectively.
Our brains are no different.
It has even been suggested that multitasking can affect the development of adolescent brains.
It is at that stage when different neural connections are being made.
And multitasking at that age affects these connections from being made, resulting in minds that are not good at problem solving, creativity, or focusing on a single issue.
And yet, many of us think that we can still concentrate on multiple things at the same time.
How many times have you tried to have a serious conversation with someone while they are watching TV?
Proudly, I’d say I can play tanks and have a conversation with Amanda.
But the reality is that this is not true.
Just because they are in the same room with you, doesn’t mean their brain is.
I have a hard time playing tanks and talking to Amanda at the same time.
I don’t finish my sentences.
You can see it as they daze off into the screen.
My thoughts are incomplete.
And when this happens you say, “Are you listening to me?”
Then you turn off the TV, and have a focused conversation.
When it comes to our attention and multitasking, we don’t need balance.
We need focus.
The same thing happens in our spiritual life.
We try and multitask ourselves lives.
We try to give a little bit to our family.
We give a little bit to our work.
We give a little bit to our friends.
We give a little bit to our hobbies.
In the process we are trying to make everybody happy.
But not doing any of it well.
And so we need to ask ourselves this question, who are you trying to please?
In , Paul responded to that question by saying, “For am I now seeking the approval of man, or of God?
Or am I trying to please man?
If I were still trying to please man, I would not be a servant of Christ.”
That happens to be our text for the morning.
The first thing to see, is that when it comes to scheduling our priorities, this is really A Kingdom Choice.
Paul asks who is he trying to please, God or man?
If he is serving man, then he is not a servant of Christ.
Who will you serve?
I of course think of ,
“And if it is evil in your eyes to serve the Lord, choose this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your fathers served in the region beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you dwell.
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You probably know the next part well, some people put it right outside their front doors, “-But as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.”
It’s the end of the book of Joshua.
Joshua is an old man.
He tells the people, “choose this day whom you will serve ...”
Then very powerfully he says, “But as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.”
And there are some great examples of people choosing the Lord.
There are awesome examples of people in life or death situations and choosing death because they loved God more.
John Bunyan was the author of the Christian allegory, Pilgrim’s Progress.
He had a young family, that very much needed their daddy.
He had a young family, that very much needed their daddy.
He had been imprisoned for preaching the Gospel.
He was given the option to come home early, if only he stop preaching.
They told him, “Mr.
Bunyan, you can come out of prison whenever you will promise to cease preaching the gospel.”
There’s the choice.
Be with your family.
Or preach the Gospel.
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