Focus

Hey, Bloggers. This post started out at 7AM this morning but just now has become something I wanted to post. Some days are like that. Great expectations but detours come along and cause us to get off track.

It’s funny because I started out today to challenge you on how to keep your focus. Spiritual growth is actually a series of steps--one foot in front of the other. None of us wake up one day and say to ourselves, “Today I am a spiritual person.”  We may desire that, but it
never happens that way.

Growth of every kind comes from receiving the right stuff. If you’re a
plant, the right stuff is sunlight, water and plant food.  If you’re a person, it’s food, water, love…well, you get the point. Spiritual Growth only happens when we feed upon the God stuff in life. So what happens when the flow is
disrupted?   In plant life and human life the same results occur--stunted or
delayed fulfillment into the object God intended us to become.

I love Romans Chapter 12:2 where Paul talks about the transformation
of our mind--a metamorphosis, if you will, of our old self into the
nature of Christ. He states, “Do not conform to the pattern of this
world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will
be able to test and approve what God’s will is —his good, pleasing and
perfect will.”

So again HOW do we continue to keep our focus in light of so many
detours? If you are like me, I need a plan which holds me accountable.
I invited you to read with me through the Gospels this month, but I did
not give you a pathway to do so. Well, here it is. Click here and
download this 30 day reading plan through the Gospels…go ahead and do
it now. http://www.youversion.com/reading--plans/16-the-gospels   If the
link does not work, copy and paste.

Let’s get started.
Pastor Rip