They serve as an example for all of us to emulate. These few heroes of the faith were not meant to be the "professional" version of God's followers. Josiah, Hezekiah, and David were also known for their wholehearted devotion (1 Kings 15:3 2 Kings 20:3 2 Chronicles 34:2). Wholehearted devotion constituted David's prayer for his son Solomon: "And you, my son Solomon, acknowledge the God of your father, and serve him with wholehearted devotion and with a willing mind, for the Lord searches every heart and understands every desire and every thought" (1 Chronicles 28:9). For example, the Lord described Caleb as a person with a different spirit because he followed God with a whole heart (Numbers 14:24). The Old Testament described some notable people as wholeheartedly devoted to the Lord. However, I can't help but assume that undistracted devotion may represent the goal to which God calls all of us, regardless of our marital status. This principle falls in a passage where Paul is instructing the church in Corinth about relationships. But a married man is concerned about the affairs of this world." (vv.
Paul wrote, "An unmarried man is concerned about the Lord’s affairs-how he can please the Lord. First, the person with an undistracted life focuses exclusively upon the things of God. This key scripture gives us two insights into the pattern of an undistracted life. The Pattern of the Undistracted Christian
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