Things That Shift Our Focus

Scripture Reading - Matt. 6:33 "But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you."

I have been greatly blessed by the Lord with some really great teachings in the past 3 to 4 months. It really has been a fresh season of learning for me. The Lord has been teaching me to put my relationship with Him above everything else. I have been learning how to be more intimate with Him. My personal relationship with the Lord had really grown and I love Him more that I ever have at any point in my life. I have actually fallen in love with Jesus. Now, I want you to realize this has been a growing process and that while I have came a great distance from where I was, I still have a long way to go. I fully expect the relationship between the Lord and myself to continue to grow. There are days when I am very focused on the Lord and there are days when I lack focus and intensity in serving Him. Today, I would like to share with you some of the things that have shifted my focus from the Lord.

The days that I have lacked focus all seem to begin the same way. On these days, I am rushed in the mornings and I don't spend the quality time with Him that I need to. This is caused many times by me sleeping in. On other days my lack of focus is caused by me being busy with other things. I have to prioritize my time with the Lord. I really believe it is the most important part of my day. Another thing that has gotten in the way of my focus is stressing about problems that come up. Some of these issues are ones that resurface and some are brand new. When these things come up, I seem to focus my energy and mind toward them when I would be much better served to increase my focus and intensity on the Lord when they arise. We are told in Phil. 4:6 to be careful or anxious for nothing. Stress and worry are not supposed to consume me. Perfect trust in my Lord and Savior conquers these two. Pray that I would not allow anything to keep me from seeking the Lord first above anything else. It is my prayer for you that you would do the same. You will not find a better friend than Jesus. You will not ever have anyone who wants to be more intimate with you than Jesus. You will never have anyone love you more than Jesus. And you will never be more fullfilled by loving anyone than you will by loving Jesus. He is the Life ,the Truth, the Way.

Be Blessed and Live in the NOW!!!