Our Focus

FOCUS FIRST ON GOD


God is the Potter - we are the clay.
He's the Shepherd - we are the sheep.
He's the Master - we are the servant.

No matter how educated we are, no matter how much power and influence we may think we have, no matter how long we have walked with Him, no matter how significant we may imagine ourselves to be in His plans (if any of us could even claim significance), none of that qualifies us to grasp the first particle of why He does what He does when He does it and how He chooses to do it...

There is a mystery, an aura about the living God that is designed to force us to trust Him, even when we cannot figure Him out (which is most of the time)....

The mystery is purposeful, because His overall plan is profound... His plan is not designed to make us comfortable; it's designed to make us more like Christ, to conform us to His will....

In this life, we have focus choices. We can focus on ourselves, we can focus on our circumstances, we can focus on other people, or we can focus on God. When you think biblically you focus first on God. Regardless of what you want, regardless of the circumstances you're under, regardless of what others say or think, regardless of how you feel, God and God alone is working out His great plan. And in the final tally, it will be fabulous!

By.... Charles R. Swindoll