If I don’t put on my glasses in the morning, I can’t see very far. The picture is unclear and the details are morphed together. As soon as my glasses are put on, the details pop out and everything is clear again.
Where is your focus? Have you put on your glasses today?
Obviously, I don’t mean the physical glasses. The spiritual glasses. The glasses that help you focus completely on Christ. It seems that those glasses are the hardest to keep on for us. We tend to take them off and stay focus on just what we can see right in front of us. We lose side of what’s just beyond.
In my own life, if I don’t focus on Christ, I start worrying about what’s going to happen next and if God is going to provide in the areas that are always on my mind. I tend not to open my bible and seek wisdom but to try and stay oblivious to what God’s plan is by focusing in what is right in front of me.
Dangerous, I know. As Christians, we tend to do this quite often. We tend to only focus on the now. We get worried about things working out or if God is going to provide for us.
Last night God had given me a clear sign that I have not been focused on Him. That I had lost my spiritual glasses… What a night… A quote that I have really enjoyed is by Billy Graham:
The Christian life is not a constant high. I have my moments of deep discouragement. I have to go to God in prayer with tears in my eyes, and say, ‘O God, forgive me,’ or ‘Help me.’
~Billy Graham
Satan loves to use those moments for his advantage. When we get on our knees knowing that we are sinful and need our Savior’s comfort. It’s a beautiful bonding between us and God when we go to Him for help. Don’t let Satan come in and make you feel guilt and despair. These are not from God but from Satan himself.
Focus on the love of God. Focus on how much God cares about you.
“No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.”
~Romans 8:37-39 (ESV)
Even though we may lose focus on God, worry like crazy, and fall into temptation, God will never cease loving us.
WHAT A RELIEF!
Like seriously, if this doesn’t get you excited, I don’t know what will. God of the universe love you and cares so much about you that if you lose focus on Him and turn from Him, He will always take you back. He will wrap His arms around you and pour His love upon you. OH MAN!
So, what does this mean? How can we keep on the spiritual glasses of life?
It’s easier said than done. However, it’s fairly basic. Each morning I try and spend some time alone with God. Giving Him everything in my life from family, friendships, relationships, and my day to day walk. Open your bible and focus on how much God loves you. I’ve found that when I focus on God’s love and try applying that to showing others God’s love, my relationship with God only increases.
So, when you wake up tomorrow morning, remember to put on the spiritual glasses and focus on God. The hope and assurance that Christ is in control.
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