Focus

My head is jumbled up! Is that even a word? I don’t know. Have you ever played the game Boggle? Where you have several letters and you shake them up in a cup and toss them out. Then you try to make a word from the letters that fall out? Well that’s the way my head is. It’s as if someone is shaking all my thoughts around and when I write, that’s the result; All my thoughts from the cup that’s been spilled, trying to make one note. Maybe God can take all these thoughts and make sense of them. For someone. Or maybe it’s for many, that’s why they are so scattered, like my head! Speaking of my head, let’s go to where this all started. I had to go to Lewisburg to clean out my car from the wreck. So Rita volunteered to drive. Thank God for sisters! And I thank God that I was not an only child. Where would I be today without my siblings!? Anyway, focus, cleaning out my car. I found stuff in there that I had not seen in a long time. There was a door knob, flip flops-yeah, won’t be wearing those for a while, Jacobs Bible, Danny’s baseball glove, Christmas ornaments and this one will really get y’all, a pound of Oscar Meyer Turkey! Found that under the seat with the receipt attached. December 31! Don’t ask me how that happened. As I cleaned it out I thought of the little things I was going to miss. The seat warmers, the automatic seat controls, the sun roof, the Bluetooth…just things. Then Rita reminded me of what I wouldn’t miss…that car payment every month. As I finished I took one more look at the car and wondered again, how I got out with only a concussion. I questioned God again, what good came out of that wreck? None that I could see. As I got in her truck I thought of one place I hadn’t checked. The visors. And there was my reminder.

Happy Moments-Praise God

Difficult Moments-Seek God

Quiet Moments-Worship God

Painful Moments-Trust God

Every Moment-Thank God

I had placed the card that Danny had wrote that on above me to remind me that no matter what came my way, God was there in it! I may have to look for him, but He was there. This is one of those moments. A difficult time and I was trying to find God in it. How many of you are in that difficult time? Many of you are like me and try to find God in everything! I know He is there and I will eventually see it! But how many of you refuse to see God? How many of you just flat out refuse God?

Proverbs 16:20 (NIV)

20 Whoever gives heed to instruction prospers and blessed is the one who trusts in the Lord.

In life, our life, we all have a story. God made each of us unique. We all have gifts to use for His glory but we also all have weaknesses. Every one of us at some point and time are going to fail. I do it on a daily basis. I know I disappoint my heavenly father every day! But no matter what, I go to Him in each of the moments in my life. I go to the Rock, my Rock.

Psalm 62:7 (NIV)

7 My salvation and my honor depend on God; he is my mighty rock, my refuge.

And while I am there I give Him all my problems, all my grief, all my worries.

Psalm 55:22 (NIV)

22 Cast your cares on the Lord and he will sustain you; he will never let the righteous be shaken.

Have you ever wanted to give someone special the perfect gift? Something they would treasure, something that would last a lifetime? I have! I have spent way too much time and money on things but what I have found to be true is the greatest gift you can give anyone is the gift of Jesus. Tell them about how He came to live and die for them. How He loves each one of us as if we were the only one! What a love story that is! None of us are insignificant. We all matter to Him! Down to that last breath we take. And if we don’t have Jesus in our life each breath we take, takes us farther away from our creator. It’s our duty to tell our loved ones, our neighbors, and yes, even our enemies about Jesus Christ and how we can all get to Heaven by opening our hearts and inviting him in! All we have to do is believe.

John 3:16 (NIV)

16 For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.

It’s the same as if we are all stranded in the wilderness. Some of us have a map and some of us don’t, we have to help each other out, to show them the way! We don’t want those we love left behind. We want to be with them for eternity.

1 Peter 5:6 (NIV)

6 Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time.

There is a song: Humble yourself in the sight of the Lord, and He will lift you up, higher and higher and He will lift you up.

One of those songs that get stuck in your head and comes out at every corner. When you give everything to God, you feel so much better. You have no place to go but up! And with God He just lifts you farther and farther up! He knows all, sees all, so you may as well tell all. Get it off your chest, clean your house, get rid of the clutter; whatever you want to call it. Just get humbled in front of God.

Hebrews 4:13 (NIV)

13 Nothing in all creation is hidden from God’s sight. Everything is uncovered and laid bare before the eyes of him to whom we must give account.

We can’t hide what we do, even though we think we can. God knows our heart. He knows why we do what we do. And even though we don’t always do what is right, He forgives us anyway time and time again.

Proverbs 15:3 (NIV)

3 The eyes of the Lord are everywhere, keeping watch on the wicked and the good.

Back to the thoughts in my head (focus)! Where is your focus? Is it on the things of the world? Your seat warmer, sun roof, Bluetooth? We have to take our eyes off of the things that bring momentary comfort and focus our eyes on Jesus. He is our ultimate comforter. We need to fall in love with Him over and over and over again.

Hosea 10:12 (NIV)

12 Sow righteousness for yourselves, reap the fruit of unfailing love, and break up your unplowed ground; for it is time to seek the Lord, until he comes and showers his righteousness on you

Sow mercy, sow grace, sow love, sow forgiveness, sow kindness and sow faith. The world is full of hurt and anger. We don’t need to sow anymore of that. There is enough of that to go around. We will reap what we sow; I choose to sow Jesus! He is all those things rolled up into one. What are you going to sow? Just remember it will come back to you!

Ephesians 4:1-3 (NIV)

Unity and Maturity in the Body of Christ

4 As a prisoner for the Lord, then, I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you have received. 2 Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love. 3 Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace