Focus… As we are going through our spiritual walk our focus should be on God and his will for our lives. We should and do focus on speaking with Him on a regular basis. We focus on letting him speak with us. We focus on reaching our harvest field by sharing the love of Jesus with everyone. We are so excited by the wonderful change that God has worked in our lives, we realize the beauty of His salvation and we want everyone to experience it. Since our focus is on the right things, God shines clearly though us. Our visions and dreams are clear and focused on God's will for our lives. Even when troubles come our way, we do not lose our faith because we are focused on the right things.
As it is so many times in life there comes a time that someone hurts us, someone betrays us, someone offends us and our focus changes. Perhaps the other people haven’t done anything to us personally but we see them living a life that is not pleasing to God but yet they are esteemed, they prosper and we allow our focus to change. We still with our whole heart love God and are so thankful for all that he has done for us. We still desire to see the whole world on fire for Jesus but there is a part that keeps watching the people around us, there is a part that is focused on something other than our Savior. We still come to church and worship and pray but our worship isn’t with our whole heart because a part that is focused on something different. This part of us that is focused on something else depletes the faith, the passion, the fervency that we seek to gain through our worship, prayer and devotion. Because our focus isn’t wholly where it should be the picture of our lives become blurry and we start losing our way.
God did not intend for us to live in a way that is out of focus and without clear direction. God gave us a wonderful tool to use so we can remain focused on the right things. He also gave us very clear direction on how to use it. II Timothy 1:7 says, “For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love and of a sound mind.” The tool of a sound mind, that is not manipulated by the enemy but rather is strong and focused on the right things, is how we overcome when the enemy seeks to lead us on the wrong path. God gave us a sound mind, a mind that has the ability to focus on things that are true, honest, just, pure, lovely, and of a good report. When we take the effort to use the tool of a sound mind to focus on these things it is then that God will come clearly back in focus. With our focus is centered on God and his will our life will regain the balance and the faith that we need to continue on the path that He desires for us.
Philippians 4:8 "Finally, brethern, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things."
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