Focus

Quotes:
"Lose not thyself in a far off time seize the moment that is thine."
-Johann Friedrich Von Schiller

"Only when your consciousness is totally focused on the moment you are in can you receive whatever gift, lesson, or delight that moment has to offer."
-Barbara de Angelis

"The first rule of focus is 'Wherever you are be there."
-Anonymous

"You can't depend on your judgement when your imagination is out of focus."
-Mark Twain

Scriptures:
Then the LORD said to him, "What is that in your hand?"
"A staff," he replied. The LORD said, "Throw it on the ground." Moses threw it on the ground and it became a snake, and he ran from it."
-Exodus 4:2,3

"Then he took his staff in his hand, chose five smooth stones from the stream, put them in the pouch of his shepherd's bag and, with his sling in his hand, approached the Philistine.....Reaching into his bag and taking out a stone, he slung it and struck the Philistine on the forehead. The stone sank into his forehead, and he fell facedown on the ground."
-1 Samuel 17:40,49)

"The Lord your God is with you, he is mighty to save...."
-Zephaniah 3:17a

"The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eyes are good, your whole body will be full of light."
-Matthew 6:22

"He called his twelve disciples to him and gave them authority to drive out evil spirits and to heal every disease and sickness."
-Matthew 10:1

This past weekend I had a great experience with the Lord. I began to think of all that used to be in my life and ministry. I also began to think of all that I didn't have in my life and ministry. This can be a discouraging thought for us: "all that used to be and all that we do not have." At that moment God impressed upon me that life isn't about what we HAD or what we DON'T HAVE, it is about what we have! He used Moses' staff to perform the miraculous, he used David's sling to slay the giant, and he used the willingness of his disciples to GO to drive out demons, heal the sick, and bring a message of hope to the hopeless. What I am trying to say is "Stop looking at all that has been lost and focus on what is your hand." When combined with faith and God's power it makes all the difference. When your focus is on your God who is mighty to save then all things are possible! Focus...the victory belongs to God's people!