I read something in a devotional today that went something like this...
The Bible spends so much time teaching us to keep our eyes on Christ because God knows that our focus determines our direction.
It sparked something in me causing me to examine where my focus is in my own life and below are the thoughts that i found myself wrestling through today. i hope they encourage you to examine your own life and more importantly your own PERSONAL walk with God!
If I'm focused on people, money, or things, my focus can't fully be on God. People, money, and things, can't save me. Only God can save me and bring me true joy and peace. Worldly things can only provide me with temporary satisfaction and pleasure. When the charm of those people and things wear off, I'm left looking for "what's next." What's going to make me happy now? A new car? A new friend? A higher paying job? Time and time again we see that those things only bring happiness for a temporary amount of time. They don't bring true, pure, and lasting joy or peace. We're stuck bored and wanting more. My focus goes from one thing to another, constantly changing the direction of my life...usually in a direction I don't want to be going in or don't need to be going in.
So what will provide me with that long-lasting, eternal joy and peace that I want so badly?
The answer is simple, but most of us struggle to understand it or realize the importance of it in our own lives. I'm learning that a personal, one-on-one relationship with God is the answer. He is the only thing truly worthy of my time and He is the only person/thing that can provide me with eternal satisfaction, joy, love, and peace.
If the answer is as simple as us only needing one thing, which is God...Why do we struggle devoting ourselves and our lives to God knowing He is all we need?
God Bless...
Jon Abercrombie
http://holybloggers.blogspot.com
so well put!!! Focus is such a hard thing to nail down but such a SATISFYING thing when we have locked our gaze in on the LORD! You are right...everything else is just temporary and actually leaves you feeling kind of empty when you realize what you got didn't meet your expectations. God will ALWAYS go above and beyond our expectations if we can just learn to seek and SEE Him and only Him. Such a good word today :)
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