The Enemy Wants Your Attention And You Keep Handing It to Him

Let's be honest. The enemy isn’t always coming after your health, your money, or even your marriage first.

He’s coming after something far more subtle and far more dangerous:
Your attention.

Because if he can hijack your focus, your thoughts, your scrolling thumb, and your mental space, he doesn’t have to ruin your life.
You’ll do it yourself, slowly, quietly, and on autopilot.

Here’s the truth that’s not cute or convenient:
You cave every time.

1. Your Attention Is Under Attack

The enemy doesn’t need to knock down your front door if he can get in through the screen in your hand.

He’ll use mindless scrolling, comparison traps, endless news cycles, or even seemingly “helpful” Christian content to keep you consuming instead of connecting. Because as long as your eyes are fixed on a screen, they aren’t fixed on God.

And that’s the goal:
Keep you distracted.
Keep you overwhelmed.
Keep you spiritually malnourished while you feast on everyone else’s opinions, highlight reels, and drama.

2. You Don’t Need Another Post. You Need a Prayer Closet

Not literally so don't go distracting yourself further with a project to clean out a closet for prayer. Just open your Bible. There comes a point where you have to stop saying, “I just need clarity,” or “I just feel so disconnected,” when in reality...
you haven’t shut off the noise long enough to hear God.

The prayer closet feels “boring” when your brain has been trained to crave new content every 30 seconds.

But God doesn’t shout over chaos. He whispers in stillness. And if the enemy can convince you that stillness is a waste of time, he’s already winning.

You don’t need another motivational reel. You need to open your Bible.
You don’t need another podcast episode. You need to sit in silence and let the Word of God search your heart.
You don’t need another spiritual influencer to remind you that Jesus is the answer. You need to meet Him again alone, without a filter or a feed. Because you already know that.

3. You’re Starving in the Middle of a Feast

Let’s be clear: spiritual hunger isn’t your issue. Distraction is.

You want God.
You need peace.
You know something feels off.

But every time the Holy Spirit nudges you to pray, you check your notifications instead.
Every time conviction tries to settle in, you drown it out with a video, a text, or a voice note.

The enemy isn’t even attacking you with new weapons. He’s using your own habits against you and you’re handing him the ammo.

4. Silence Is Where You Get Your Power Back

You cannot walk in power if your mind is in pieces.
You cannot hear from God if your heart is full of everyone else's opinions.
You cannot renew your thoughts if you’re filling them with more noise than truth.

You want breakthrough?
Log out. Shut it down. Go get still.

Open your Bible.
Pray out loud.
Cry if you need to.
Repent if you need to.
Ask hard questions and wait in the silence for real answers.

Because that’s where peace lives.
That’s where your focus is restored.
That’s where you finally realize the enemy didn’t steal your strength...you gave it away in exchange for distraction.

If the enemy can keep you busy, he doesn’t have to keep you bound.
If he can steal your attention, he doesn’t need your soul because you’ll drift far enough on your own.

So today, let this be your wake-up call.
Close the apps. Open your Bible. Get in the prayer closet.

God is waiting.
But He’s not waiting in your feed.
He’s waiting in the quiet where the enemy can’t touch you, and where your soul can finally breathe again.