Refocus

Refocus

Dear Champions,

The short excerpt is by Ron Hutchcraft, and the Scripture is 1 Peter 5:6-7  Humble yourselves, therefore, under God s mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time. Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you.

It was one of those early spring days when we looked out the window and saw a bluebird hovering near a rear window on our car just fluttering back and forth running into the glass over and over again. He was obviously confused and disoriented and was going nowhere crashing into the window. My wife said, I will bet he sees himself in the glass, and that is what has got him acting crazy.

Poor bird. When he just kept looking at himself he got all confused and disoriented just like us when we get all focused on ourselves. And maybe that is where you are right now. The stress, the hurt, the load has gotten you all focusing on yourself, and maybe without you even realizing it you may actually be fluttering around emotionally feeling disoriented and discouraged and even crashing sometimes.

In 1 Kings 19 the great prophet Elijah has just come off the most powerful spiritual victory of his life - his showdown with 450 prophets of the idol Baal, where God proved who is Lord by consuming the sacrifice on the altar with fire from heaven. But now the wicked queen Jezebel has ordered a hit on the prophet, and Elijah was afraid and ran for his life and prayed that he might die.  How does such a strong spiritual leader get so low so fast? Here is a clue in what he says to God: I have been very zealous for the Lord God Almighty. The Israelites have...put your prophets to death with the sword. I am the only one left, and now they are trying to kill me too. Suddenly, it is all about me.

When it is all about God I am on top of things; but when it is all about me, things are on top of me.  Refocus your eyes away from your great load and back to your great God.

Champions, have a great week!-David Vining