I was struck today by how easy it is to get focused on myself. Without even really trying, all my desires needs and experience jump to the surface, overwhelm me, and cause me to cease thinking of others or God. Even in thinking of good things such as ministry when it turns to rumination, focuses on the negative and fails to take into account God sovereignty it is bad!
How essential it is to keep a proper perspective, to have people around who can speak truth into your life and to be in the Bible daily to keep God's perspective in your life and on the world around you. God is sovereign, and I am but one piece in the puzzle. Focusing too strongly on the one piece will fail to take in the big picture, and will fail to realize that God can fit me in where he wants, as he chooses.
May the learning and growing in my life be such that I am able to filter my experiences constantly through God's perspective and not get caught up in the little details of my life; may his glory and praise ever be my chief focus.
I can freely focus on God because He is my Heavenly Father who sees and cares for all my needs. When I trust Him to meet my every need, I am then free to stop being overly concerned about my welfare. I am learning to relish, even celebrate, how completely loved I am by God.
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