FOCUS

I am a thinker. I have a tendency to over analyze things.  I struggle with living in today because I am too busy thinking about tomorrow. I am not an “in the moment” kind of chick. When a situation arises, I think about how it will affect my future.

Now, on one hand that can be a good thing. But having to know all the answers can not only be exhausting, it can be defeating. It stops me from enjoying the “now” because I am stuck in tomorrow.

The tricky part of all this is that through my human-ness I can convince myself that a particular situation is good for me because I want it to be. But what I  need to remember is that God knows what is best and what I want may not always be His best for me.

Putting God’s voice before mine takes FOCUS, PRAYER and LISTENING. In these seasons of life, it is not only my voice I need to silence,  but also the cunning voice of the devil. He sometimes disguises his voice to trip me up, hoping I will stumble.

Today God brought me to Psalm 73:23-26

Yet I still belong to you; you hold my right hand. You guide me with your counsel, leading me to a glorious destiny. Whom have I in heaven but you? I desire you more than anything on earth. My health may fail, and my spirit may grow weak, but God remains the strength of my heart; he is mine forever.

I am human. It is inevitable that I  will, at times, come up against things that threaten to make me stumble. At those times, I will remember that I have a Mighty God who never lets go of my hand.