What do we do – when we want Him, but get distracted by everything else? This morning, as I closed my eyes, somewhat pondering this thought with God, what came to mind was: Horses wear blinders for a reason |
What was the reason? I got out my phone to look deeper.
But, so often, other things distract me from Him. The schedule of the day clouds my vision. The pressure of people’s needs fills my eyes. Things another woman is doing, pull me, almost subconsciously, in another direction. Apparently, horses have 350-degree vision. This means that they can see everywhere but directly behind them. This also means that they can get extremely distracted. A neighboring horse can pull them off track. A plowing machine hooked on them, can appear to them as a predator and cause them to react. A wild and cheering stadium can make a race horse go berserk. They must have a narrow and limited view on what matters so they don’t get thrown off by what doesn’t matter. |
So must we! How might God be calling us to limit our view today? What vision is actually distracting us more than helping us? Is seeing social media images leaving us discouraged and sad or is it uplifting us and filling us with things of God? Is that gossipy neighbor someone God wants us continually looking at and listening to? Is focusing on portending doom actually helping our mind, or is worry zapping us of faith? Is our well-laid-out fix it scheme the way, or is prayer? Is seeing offense our way, or is becoming blind to offense and full of love, a more prosperous road? Often, as we blind negative things we gain greater vision pertaining to things of God. Paul, in the Bible, became blind for three days before he gained sight that opened a radical ministry of the Lord. Are you, like Paul, willing to put blinders on in order to see more of God? Turn your eyes upon Jesus. Look full in His wonderful face. The things of Earth will grow strangely dim, in light of His glory and grace. Prayer: Father God, You are what I want. You are what I need. You are what I want to fix my mind on. You say, You keep in perfect peace those whose minds are stayed on the Lord. Let that be said of me. Let that be known of me. More of You and less of what I think I need. Be my vision. Be my hearing. Be my hope. Be my all in all. I want you more than anything else. Give me all the grace I need today to keep my eyes, ears and focus on you and show me what I might need to let go of. Show me what I might need to become blind to in order to see more of you. In Jesus’ name, Amen." ***Subscribe for all Purposeful Faith blog posts by email – click here. The post Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus appeared first on Purposeful Faith.
756-760 one-line Scriptures for those of you who want to learn some more verses this week- or to review them from when they were first posted-
756- Gal. 1:4 "Who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us from this present evil world, according to the will of God and our father."
757- 1 Tim. 2:5 "For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus."
758- Ro. 14:9 "For this end Christ both died and rose, and revived, that he might be Lord of both the dead and living."
759- 1 Cor. 12:7 "But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit withal."
760- Ro. 6:23 "For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord."
Quote for today-
Jessica Van Roekel- "God longs to be your refuge, run to him today with your worries, fears, and regrets. He will meet you in the mess and bring you peace and strength to stand again.
~ Your situatiion does not define you! Count your blessings, find personal promises to believe in and step into them out of the prison your mind is in. Find people who share faith with you and lift up your eyes to see what God is doing. Embrace the discipleship grind, and celebrate one another with encouragment, as you walk through the tough times together.
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