focus

Sunday July 5th, Psalm 123: I lift up my eyes to you, to you whose throne is in heaven. As the eyes of slaves look to the hand of their master, as the eyes of a maid look to the hand of her mistress, so our eyes look to the LORD our God, till he shows us his mercy. What is your focus? Looking ahead, where does your path lead? It is good to have a focus in life. Without knowing where you are going, it is hard to know what to do along the way and without knowing your path, you often end up living your life as an ancillary prop in someone else’s play. Through grace, we know where we are going, we, along with all of humanity are returning to our loving creator and are called to share the manna and show mercy along the way. Through prayer, worship and Bible study, we know how to do that, by focusing our lives on loving God and loving others. When we take our eyes, which is another way of saying your life long focus, off God, we lose our way. With our eyes on God, life, which has been given to us as a gift, comes into focus.