Focus is an underlying attribute often unmentioned, but oh is it powerful. Your focus can impact your life outllook, goals, and most importantly your relationship with Jesus Christ. With the world slowly dying to sin more and more every day, the struggle for spiritual focus increases. More distractions denying us from Christ. More world.
Take a movie about absolutely nothing but partying, getting wasted, or just crude in general. Did you get a laugh out of it? Maybe, but it's definitely not of God. Alternatively, what about a movie that seems harmless but it's the same concept-most of your chick flicks, modern comedies, etc. Sure they aren't as bad, but aren't they a distraction from our focus? Focus on things of the world means focus off of Christ.
Now you have your optimistic people vs. your pessimistic ones. "The glass is half full!" vs. "Dang... the glass is half empty". "It's raining outside. Oh well more time to catch up on my reading." vs. "It's raining outside... another stupid gloomy day."
Two different standpoints over the same issues. Now the most important focus of all: Are we fixed on our sins, or on our saviour??
Sins or Saviour what's it gonna be? As a Christian you have one big choice: to sin or not to sin. Everytime we sin, we build fences between us and God. However, when we do not sin, we burn through our fences and continue growing spritually, being conformed to the image of Christ.
Our spiritual focus follows our internal motives. Do you tithe at church because you have to? Or do you truly believe God can use what you just gave? Sins or Saviour?
Do you do good deeds so that people will see you doing them? Or do you help people just because you want to show them the love of Christ? Once again one of two things will happen. You will be carrying out the will of God, or unfortunately for the nature of some of us, slowly becoming bitter. Two incredibly opposing standards! Sins or saviour?
The Apostle Paul inspired by the Holy Spirit declared it best:
"Not that I have already obtained this or am already perfect, but I press on to make it my own, because Christ Jesus has made me his own. Brothers, I do not consider that I have made it my own. But one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus" -Philippians 3:12-14
Pressing on to the goal of Christ's calling.... FOCUS!!! Listening to the Spirit beckoning it to consume your inner thoughts and desires. Seeking God with all your heart, mind, body, and soul. Doing all things through Christ who strengthens you. The Lord is your Shepherd-what else could we want?! HE WILL take care of His flock!
We are under a covenant of God's grace. Thanks to the sacrifice of Jesus Christ we have the ability to juke sin persevering to the cross. So what will you pick? Sins, or Saviour?? Gazing into the light of of the Holy One, sinning becomes less and less. Struggles turn into surges of hope. Transgressions turn into boasting in the cross. Christ within your heart is adverting your eyes to the hills. Let everyone know where your help comes from, cherishing the fact that you are not your own. FOCUSING on Saviour, who wipes sins with a fell swoop of His hands. Who takes the most calloused of hearts and sets them on fire with the Spirit. Our God is greater than anything. Our God is our everything.
Sins or Saviour? Turn your eyes upon the light of Jesus, and watch a sinful world illuminate- changing your outlook on this life and the next!
God bless,
Hank ☨
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