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Where Is My Focus

Tuesday January 29, 2019

How many of us who have given our will and our life over to the care of God have taken time to acknowledge all that we received by making that decision?  At times we may focus more on what we let go of rather than on what we have received.

There’s far more here than meets the eye.  The things we see now are here today, gone tomorrow.  But the things we can’t see now will last forever.  (2 Corinthians 4:18 MSG)

 When driving a car, if our eyes focus on something other than the road ahead, the car will turn in the direction of our focus.  The same is true when our focus is on our former way of life.  If we allow self-pity it will cloud our thinking.  If we guard shameful secrets instead of bringing them to God and allowing a safe person to help us through the trauma we will struggle.  When we obsess on former events, we often end up stumbling back into what we just left.  We need to change our thought patterns and focus on those things which build us up and encourage us to move forward with God. 

This resurrection life you received from God is not a timid, grave-tending life.  It’s adventurously expectant, greeting God with a childlike “What’s next, Papa?”  God’s Spirit touches our spirits and confirms who we really are.  We know who he is, and we know who we are: Father and children.  And we know we are going to get what’s coming to us—an unbelievable inheritance. (Romans 8:15-17a MSG)

We experience pain when we have a physical injury, but the pain lessens as we go through the healing process.  The same is true of emotional injuries.  As we invite God to be with us, we are assured of His tender love and care for us.  Medical evidence assures us that we heal more quickly when our focus is on getting well. 

Now is the perfect time to focus on the good things God has done and continues to do, rather than on those things that can drag us into the pit again.
Prayer:  Gracious God, Forgive me for not seeing the good things I received when I turned my will and life over to Your care.  As I submit to Your ways, help me to focus on the purposeful life I have with You and be thankful that You love and care for me.  Amen

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