I believe as long as we can focus on the Lord, whatever we’re going through, we’re going to be all right.
I was having my breakfast this morning and was remembering this blogger who has a YouTube show on nutrition. She did a video on what her morning routine was and how meditation was a part of it. She would sit in one place and focus on her breathing, then parts of her face, like her ears, her eyes, etc. So, I started trying to apply this as I was drinking my tea. I couldn’t remember exactly what to do, so I asked the Lord what I was supposed to do. I know He knows what I’ve done in this life from beginning to the end and I know He knows that I’ve seen this video. I know He knows exactly what I was talking about. So I asked Him, “What am I supposed to do Lord? Focus on my ear?” Then I sensed the Lord in my spirit across the table. It’s been awhile since I’ve felt Him this way and it felt wonderful. Then, I got in my spirit, “Just focus on Me.” I started laughing out loud. It’s as if the Lord was smiling at me reminding me the most important thing in this life – Him. It felt good to laugh out loud like that again with Him. Truly the joy of the Lord is our strength. That’s what I love about the Lord: the more I talk to Him the more He becomes so real. And He doesn’t condemn us at all. He loves us and understands us. He knows how to make us laugh when we need it.
Then this thought comes to my mind reminding me that I’m supposed to be unhappy about something, so I started whimpering and whining to the Lord about being unhappy and being dissatisfied with things. Right away I got a check in my spirit. I felt in my spirit that I should be thankful instead of complaining. That He is here to help me. So I stopped whimpering and instead said to the Lord, “Lord please give me a mindset that’s thankful. How do I do that?” He said to me, “Focus on Me.”
In that second I saw His face in my mind. I knew what to do then. I knew at that moment, as in many other times He has revealed this thought to me, that nothing else really is a big deal in this life when our eyes are focused on Him. Everything else fades away into such a small significance when my eyes are beholding Him and loving Him and being thankful for who He is. Thankful for His death at the cross, and how wonderful and kind and gracious He has been in my life. I knew too that all I have to do is tell Him my desire and what I need for Him to do for me. Don’t complain but tell Him what you desire, what you need, and then thank Him and love Him for everything.
“Call unto Me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.” {Jeremiah 33:3}
“Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on Thee: because he trusteth in Thee.” {Isaiah 26:3}
“I am the Vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in Me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without Me ye can do nothing.” {John 15:5}
Prayer
Lord, I thank You that You are ever so faithful and ever so true. You are alive and well, living and reigning over all things in this life and over all the principalities of this world. Thank You so much for giving Your life for me at the cross at Calvary so I can live today a victorious and a happy life for You. I thank You so much for You, Jesus. I love You with all of my heart.
Father, please help me and give me the mind to focus on You always. Help me to not just remember You when I’m unhappy or when things aren’t going the way I want them. But please help me to remember You every moment. Talking to You, committing every thing to You, thanking You, loving You, so that Your presence will always be with me and I can be happy all the time. As the Apostle mentioned in his writing, “Rejoice ever more! And I say, rejoice!” Father, I need to do that. Please help me to do that. Please help me to always keep my eyes and my focus on You because I know if I can do this all will be well. I pray all these things to You Father, in Your most wonderful and precious name, Jesus. I thank You so much for You, Lord. Thank You, Father. Amen.
Rp8/2017 Focus On Him