Focused!

Teach me your way, Lord , that I may rely on your faithfulness; give me an undivided heart, that I may fear your name.
Psalm 86:11 NIV

There are many things we learn and unlearn as we grow in the world, but it is important to emphasize the things that are truly eternally important. There are career choices, there are marital choices, there are migration choices. These are just a few of the important decisions that we take in life. If we consider earthly impact as important, how much more the eternal?

I have to submit myself to God, if I must learn his ways. I must go through his school, if I must learn what he wants to teach me. His ways are peculiar, and you cannot find them by accident. You have got to search out God diligently, study to know him and his ways and determine to follow him daily. When I truly know God and his capacity and ability, trusting in Him is easy. When I truly know God and his ways, waiting for his divine timing is possible.

The second half of today's prayer is connected to the first. A divided heart is the seat of confusion and the doorway for the devil to destroy a life. When a man is not sure of who he is and who he belongs to, he exposes himself to the barbs and darts of the enemy. The devil will tell you that you have to do more to earn God's mercy, that you cannot amount to much unless you add a bit more effort to your hustle and that heaven helps only those who help themselves. As nice as these pieces of advice sound, they do no eternal good. When your heart is not one with God and his Word, you will not fear him as you should and you will therefore not get what you should.

Daily,  I pray for a heart that is focused solely on God. I ask God to help me fix my gaze on him. The world sure has attractions and the needs do not reduce; but Lord, I choose yo hold on to you alone, because I know that you do take care of your own. His time of favour is here.