Do you feel the need to shut out the noises in your life that are distracting you?

My brothers and sisters in Christ, if the television is constantly on, if you are addicted to social media, if you are always worried about your situations, if you have friends pulling you in different directions, there will come a time when you will be forced to make a decision to shut out the noises in your lives which are distracting you, so that you could refocus. So too, we would need to shut out the distractions that are leading us farther away from God; ask Him to hedge us in, in front and behind, so that we could be still in His presence and listen for His direction, and if we are imprisoned in His presence and we are focused on God, He will redirect us in the way we should go.