FOCUS. This is a word the Lord has been dropping in my lap time and time again over the past few weeks. I asked Him, "Lord, I am on the mission field. How am I not focusing on you?" What a silly question. No matter where you are in the world or what you are doing, satan is still going to send as many darts and distractions your way. This is something I know oh too well.
Over the past few weeks, there have been many distractions that have came into my vision. Whether it's staying too busy with ministry, spending too much time on wifi or drama between individuals. These things take my focus off of Him and when my eyes aren't on Him, I can no longer move forward in Him.
The bottom line is everyone isn't going to like you. You cannot please everyone and no matter how pure your motives may be, people will still choose to make their judgments of you. I cannot focus on pleasing people and pleasing the Father. It's impossible to do both.
A refreshed and revitalized mind is able to sort out what is important and what is not. When my sights are set on Jesus and pursuing His presence, the things around me get less important. When I learn to depend on Him continually, my perspective changes and I can see miracles all around me. Each day I look to His strength and not my own. I have to release my desire to be accepted by others and shift my focus from striving to make everyone happy to totally attention to the Lord. In Him I live, I move and I am accepted as myself. The closer I get to Him, the more I will be able to love those around me.
In my devotional I read this and it struck my attention: "A mind that is unfocused is vulnerable to the world, the flesh and the devil. All of which exert a downward pull on your thoughts. When your thoughts wander from Me, just simply bring them back in towards My face. The quickest way to redirect your mind is to whisper My Name."
This spoke to me so much. Like a slap in the face. God tends to speak this way to me often. Most likely because I am so hard headed. This is a journey He has me on with Him. It's like climbing a mountain, as Marcy would say. There can become a point where you go so high in your climb with the Lord that the darts of the enemy no longer can touch you. You can reach a place in Him where His presence has consumed your very mind. This is what I search and long for. I am reading the book, The Final Quest, and I love the way Rick Joyner puts it here:
"The reason that you can see Me and others cannot, is not because I have entered your realm, but because you have entered Mine. This is the reality that the prophets knew which gave them great boldness even when they stood alone against armies."
I desire to enter His realm. I long for the truths of heaven to become a reality in my daily life. Continue to pray for me that I will be able to keep my focus on His face. As I set my eyes on Him, the rest of my life will fall into place, piece by piece in His perfect time.
