Fulfilling Your Destiny
Journey Into The Promised Land
Where Is Your Focus?
A woman called my office some time ago who was in tremendous need of physical, emotional, and spiritual healing. Tearfully, she recited a long list of her ailments and a number of statistics on how many people went insane with her particular afflictions.
Now this lady’s problems were very real, but they were worsened by her preoccupation with her symptoms and how people treated her. One complaint she had was that she didn’t “get any sympathy” from hospital and medical personnel. One got the impression that this lady was looking more for sympathy than she was looking to Jesus. It seemed as though she was so wrapped up in her problems that she would not know how to function without them! After prayer, this lady was vigorously counseled to take her eyes off every symptom that she had and think and speak only of the goodness and greatness of God.
Now we are not Christian Scientists. We know that problems exist, people are in need, and we do care. But we also know that God is bigger than any problem and that if we will see Him as He is, He can take care of every problem and affliction.
We must learn to gird up our minds and bring every thought under subjection to Him and to think on those things that are edifying and helpful, not the negatives that Satan keeps sending us to keep our sight off the greatness of God:
Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ. (2 Corinthians 10:5)
The Apostle Paul encourages us to think on…
…whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things. (Philippians 4:8)
Certainly one of the good, virtuous, and right things we should think on is the greatness of our God and His capability to handle our problems.
Let me ask you…what was the first thing you thought about when you woke up this morning? Did you think about your problems? Did you think about the negative circumstances you must face today? Or did you think about God and His goodness. Did you take time to fill your mind with His Word and worship Him?
Just where is your focus?
Make this declaration:
I will focus on God and His goodness instead of my problems.
*Adapted from MCWE email – Journey Into The Promised Land by Morris Cerullo
