Overcoming Distraction: Regaining Traction in Your Kingdom Calling

Let's talk about distraction.

I’ve been personally confronted with how easily I get pulled away from my Kingdom calling — to become the best discipleship coach I can be.

Lately, I’ve found myself in a frustrating pattern:

Stand up.
Fall down.
Stand up.
Fall down.

If you’re a Christian woman working from home — or stewarding a ministry, business, or household — you know the struggle. Distraction is subtle. It rarely announces itself as rebellion. It often disguises itself as productivity.

Working from home presents many distractions. Instead of writing this simple newsletter, I often find myself doing unrelated tasks — like weeding the garden, starting another load of laundry, or calling a friend.

The list goes on.

Sometimes I’ll get inspired by something I read, watch, or hear. But two days later, I’ve forgotten all about it… and there I am, back to weeding the garden again.

Then I heard this:

“In order to gain traction, you need to get into action, and stop the distraction.”

Dis-traction.

I’d never thought of distraction as something that actually halts my traction. But it does.

How can I move forward in the spiritual growth journey God has laid out for me if I’m constantly veering off path — whether by worldly distractions, digital noise, busyness, or the enemy’s schemes?

1 Peter 5:8 reminds us:

“Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour.”

Sometimes he doesn’t devour us with destruction.

Sometimes he just distracts us from devotion.

So I decided:

Not today, Satan.

Here’s What I Did

1. I Posted Scripture on My Bathroom Mirror

If I’m going to overcome distraction, I need truth in front of my face.

These are the verses I’ve been speaking over myself daily:

“For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.”
(Ephesians 2:10)

“But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.”
(Matthew 6:33)

“Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God will be with you wherever you go.”
(Joshua 1:9)

“…for the Holy Spirit will teach you at that time what needs to be said.”
(Luke 12:12)

“Come away with Me. Let us go alone to a quiet place and rest for a while.”
(Mark 6:31)

Distraction thrives in noise.

Clarity grows in quiet obedience.

If I want traction in my Kingdom calling, I must steward my time intentionally and seek first the Kingdom — before the laundry, before the garden, before the next podcast.

Psalm 90:12 says:

“Teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom.”

That’s stewardship of time.

That’s discipleship.

2. I Found a Friend and Changed My Environment

I found a friend to work alongside me at a local co-working space.

Because sometimes you need to get up, suit up, show up, grow up, and stay up — and it’s way easier when someone’s waiting for you just down the street.

Ecclesiastes 4:9 says:

“Two are better than one… If either of them falls down, one can help the other up.”

Distraction loses power in community.

Accountability builds traction.

Sometimes overcoming distraction isn’t about trying harder — it’s about changing your environment and honoring healthy boundaries around your time.

Distraction Is a Stewardship Issue

The older I get, the more I realize distraction is not just a productivity problem.

It’s a spiritual formation problem.

What we consistently give our attention to shapes who we become.

Luke 16:10 reminds us:

“Whoever can be trusted with very little can also be trusted with much.”

If I can’t steward a writing block without drifting into laundry and garden beds, how will I steward greater assignments God entrusts to me?

Distraction quietly erodes devotion.

Traction requires intentional action.

Reflection for You

I’m asking you two simple (but powerful) questions:

• Where is the Lord calling you?

• What distractions are preventing your traction?

Whether you’re actively coaching with me or just following along, I encourage you to take this to the Lord.

Because according to Ephesians 2:10:

You are His handiwork.

You were created in Christ Jesus to do good works.

And those works were prepared in advance — just for you.

Now let’s get some traction.