Have you been struggling in your morning prayer because of distractions? Do you desire, but can’t seem to keep, undivided attention and focus on God as you pray in the morning? For you to focus on God when praying in the morning is to prepare yourself to go through the process and preserve it as a lifestyle. You don’t get to manage this overnight; it is a process that you have to go through and be patient with yourself, just as your Heavenly Father is patient with you.
Focusing on God in everything is an attitude that has to be practiced and developed for a long time. If you have known people who are intensely focused on God in their prayer life, that’s only because they too had gone through a lot as they pursued their relationship with God. These people have given up things they desired more than God, and continuously denied themselves in order to follow Jesus.
As you respond to God’s invitation of leveling up in your morning prayer with Him, think about the things that you give your attention to more than God. These things are the indicators of distractions that you have to surrender before the Lord, whether it’s your gadget, problems, fears, or all these kinds of things that dominate your thoughts in the morning. It all has to be surrendered unto Him as He will take care of things for you.
So, as you come to God in prayer when you wake up, if you suddenly get distracted, get back to His presence as soon as you realize it. Don’t condemn yourself or put yourself down for not being able to focus on Him because God understands, and He knows that you are a work in progress. From the fact that you are taking this step, Your Heavenly Father is already so proud of You. Simply allow the Holy Spirit to flow and continuously guide you in the process and never be hard on yourself. Now take that first step of faith and see your relationship with the Father being renewed on a different level.