Focus

Picture this scenario for a moment: two people are making their promises to spend the rest of their lives together in marriage, the preparations were made a year in advance; the church, the banquet hall, the band, the food, the guests, the photographer… get my point? Everything is supposed to be perfect, and the photographer is the one making sure that they will have lots of pictures to remember that day for years to come. Now imagine this: what would happen if the newlywed couple got their pictures and found out that every single one of their pictures was out of FOCUS… Wow, I wouldn’t want to imagine the couple’s reaction. This would be a terrible thing, no pictures to remember such a memorable day. So, who’s to blame for this catastrophe? *The photographer* of course!!! His goal was to take the best and most memorable pictures of that special day. But, distractions caused the photographer to loose the focus of his goals, and he didn’t even notice it until it’s was too late.

 I know this is a drastic example, but it actually helps me to prove my point. We’ve all been there. We set goals for the day, month, and even the year, but somehow we get distracted and loose focus of our goals and before you know it; our goals start to look dimmer and dimmer. Allow me to give you an example: at the beginning of the year you set a goal of saving an X amount of money for the whole year… two weeks go by and you’re at the store and it just happens that the TV you’ve always wanted is on sale (distraction) you decide to purchase the TV and forget about the “savings” goal you had.

 This is the reason why you should always keep goals in front of you, so you never loose focus of them. The more you focus on your goals, the better your chances are of accomplishing them. This works in every area of your life: family, friendships, workplace, health, weight control, etc.

 Focus on the areas of your life that you would like to improve, and don’t allow room for distraction. I honestly believe that Distraction is the worst enemy of Focus.

 I don’t mean to say that I have already achieved these things or that I have already reached perfection. But I press on to possess that perfection for which Christ Jesus first possessed me. No, dear brothers and sisters, I have not achieved it, but I FOCUS on this one thing: Forgetting the past and looking forward to what lies ahead, I press on to reach the end of the race and receive the heavenly prize for which God, through Christ Jesus, is calling us.

                                                                                                                      Philippians 3:12-14