We live in a world with plenty of things that draw our attention. We have screens around every corner. We have 24 hour access to all the details of all the news everywhere. We have computers in our pockets We have texting and messaging and tweets and Instagram and Facebook and Pinterest and who knows what else. We are all experts at sports and news and politics and the law. And everything draws us.
It is easy to get our eyes off the important things. It is easy to focus on earthly things when our minds should be on heavenly. Our way should be ‘if you are indeed in Christ set you affection on things above, not on things beneath’ We are also told to not look at the visible, because those things are passing away. Instead we ought to look at the things we cannot see because they are eternal.
Paul had a clear focus – think about Jesus in every situation. As we run the race we are in we are to set our eyes on Jesus. It really ought to be Jesus, only Jesus.
Sure, we have to live in this world. We have to deal with our everyday life. We have to be responsible citizens in our nations. We have to pay our bills and go to work and all that.
But no matter what we do our focus must be Jesus. Our obsession ought to be only Him.
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