Thursday, February 13, 2014
Focusing
Life is an amazing collection of sights and sounds and smells – all the things that make up the events that we experience everyday. The scriptures seem to indicate that to some degree how we look at life is how it turns out.
Proverbs 23:7 For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he…
Jesus also made similar comments about our thought life.
Matthew 5:27 Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery:
28 But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.
And Paul and Moses tied the power to change our lives, and in Paul’s case our eternity, to what we say.
Deuteronomy 30:14 But the word is very nigh unto thee, in thy mouth, and in thy heart, that thou mayest do it.
Romans 10:8 But what saith it? The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach;
9 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.
I do not know exactly what the full impact is, but to some degree we control our lives and our destiny with what we think and what we say. Today when I got up I just began to sing thanks to God with an older contemporary tune for a psalm. It helped me to focus on God and on the fact that He alone is my provider. I was able to put off the business of life long enough to get back in tune with Him and what He is doing today.
If your day today (or any day) is starting to spin a little out of control, try taking just a moment to look up and say thank you. Sing your Dad a little tune, even if you are like me and don’t sing well. He will love it, just like He loves you!
Prayer
Father, we praise and exalt You as the Most High God. Today we are very thankful for all You do. We very much appreciate that You are holding everything together for us. Today we ask that You send to us, to Your people, the blessing of increase upon increase that You have already promised us in scripture. We ask that You send healing, and deliverance, and provision such that no man can doubt that You alone are God. In Jesus’ (Yeshua’s) name. Amen.