FOCUS ... JUST FOCUS!

FOCUS!

What a captivating enchantment!

Could any man be so handsome? I wondered.

Yet He was just seated at the edge of my bed and smiled at me.

Soon He waved and I managed to splutter

“Are ... you ... going? I want ... want to ... see you ... again”

Then He said,

 “I will visit again, this time tomorrow, if you believe”

He was true to His promise and exactly on time.

I yet wondered if He ever does more than smiling so affectionately.

Then He said,

“FOCUS ... JUST FOCUS”

He waved and all paraphernalia of the hospital ward I laid, still in place.

Alas! It was an undeniable vision of Jesus!

What a spectacle!

In spiritual warfare, the mind is the battlefield. It is where the enemy aims attack. He knows well that if you cannot remain focussed on God, then you will gain absolutely nothing. Staying focussed is very vital in our lives if we must overcome the enemy.

When God called Abram, He instructed him to leave his past behind and FOCUS on a place that God would show him. ...“Leave your own country behind you, and your own people, and go to the land I will guide you to” Genesis 12 : 1.

Being single in purpose was what God was encouraging Israel to do through the prophet Isaiah. “Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the desert and streams in the wasteland” Isaiah 43 : 18 & 19.

You would agree with me that where the challenge lies for many, is locking the door of our past permanently. But you see, God never changes His standards!

Being single hearted was what Apostle Paul spoke of when he said to let go of what lies behind and press on to what lies ahead. ...“but one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead, I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus” Philippians 3 : 13 & 14.

Beloved, there is that goal; that promise God had made to you. I mean you that had aforetime established a love relationship with God, you that are not a mere Church goer, no doubt your heavenly Father had covenanted with you, what the blueprint of your future looks like. Resist the temptation to get entangled in things that do not help you accomplish your goal. Do not be double minded. Stay on track and remain FOCUSSED, stable and press towards your goal in the power of the Holy Spirit.

Missing a few meals and taking that time to talk to God so He’ll guide you is not a bad idea. Turning the television off and spending the time you would normally spend watching it with God instead, is not a bad idea either. Stay home a few evenings and spend extra time with God instead of hanging out with your friends and repeating your doubts over and over to them.

Your heavenly Father had promised that He “will instruct you and teach you in the way which you should go; I will counsel you with My eye upon you. Do not be as the horse or as the mule which have no understanding, whose trappings include bit and bridle to hold them in check, otherwise they will not come near to you” Psalms 32 : 8 & 9.

Covenant child, the moment you begin to behave like a horse / mule that requires force in order to remain FOCUSSED, you would have denied yourself the privilege of allowing God work in you to do His will and act according to His good purpose. (Philippians 2 : 13), then He would not instruct and guide you as supposed.

When you focus on God, you pursue, crave and go after Him with all your might. “As the deer pants for the water brooks, so my soul pants for You, O God” Psalms 42 : 1b.

Father, I don’t want to be a horse, therefore I fix my eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of my faith, who for the joy set before Him, endured the cross, scorning its shame (Hebrews 12 : 2) I look away from the objects of distraction and FOCUS on you, Jesus! My soul is patched for your breakthrough, visit me!

Even if you are being sidetracked by your own inabilities and weaknesses, stop looking at those things that would discourage you; Start looking up to Jesus!

Awimayehun has promised, He will fulfil..

So defend your mental battlefield by staying FOCUSSED!

“FOCUS ... JUST FOCUS”

ayanfeLAMPROS