I recently visited my hometown NY; and as we were leaving, I peeked out the car window and noticed a sign that read “Fuhgeddaboudit!”
I chuckled after reading thinking NY vernacular is hilarious! But in my laughter I could hear God saying the words are “the truth!”
“You see you can never cross the ocean until you have the courage to lose sight of the ocean shore.” -Christopher Columbus
Talk about Vision and Faith! You know what's in front of you, but you want to see what's beyond you. In order to experience it, you have to lose sight of where you are. But how?
Columbus knew it. In order to go from here to there you have to lock in and focus on where you are going.
In the mornings getting my “final4” ready can be taxing. Everyone has to perform their daily routines so that we can make it out the door. My daughter bless her sweet little heart...loves to take her sweet little time. She is constantly encouraged to eat faster, brush her teeth faster and get dressed even faster.
One day, she said, “Mommy, why are you always rushing me?” And I simply said, “Baby I'm just focused on where we're going.”
You see focus is intentional. It's like the lense of a camera. It will only zoom in on what it wants to see magnified and zoom out of what it wants to lose attention of.
How about you? What has your focus magnified on lately? Is it your daily schedule or lack thereof? Is it your child's behavior and grades in school? Or is the focus all about your spouse or not having one?
The same is true for work. If you have a high demanding job or you are a stay at home mum, your attention span becomes even more divided. The juggle of getting it all done can have you spent. And to be very honest burned out.
Listen, while all those daily to do items and attention grabbers are important, there is nothing more important than causing your attention to zero in in one direction.
Hebrews 12:2 says it: Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith.
We can't get anything done until we do what needs to be done. And we need our focus on HIM. Everyday HE is our priority. Everyday HE is where we are going. Everyday HE is what we are magnifying above everything else in our lives.
As we do, our to do’s become easier. Our concerns become quieted and our lives begin to express our deepest desires, because the author of our lives has taken our focus.
Have you ever taken a moment to forget about what's not working and possibly lose sight of the current shore?
Have you ever just locked your attention on HIM? Where is the author of your life taking you? What is the finisher of your faith saying?
It’s funny, because today marks my 14 year anniversary of relocating to the DMV. Back then I had to forget about everything and look towards what was ahead.
So, as you start the new school year, new business or new career, can you forget about everything else & just focus on HIM?
If I did it, I know you can too!
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