Re-Focus

Re-Focus

This past week, our sermon theme was on Single-mindedness. As the name implies, we are supposed to
have one focus, one central thought through which all other thoughts are funneled: Jesus Christ. This obviously is easier said than done. We all are extremely busy people. We have worries and doubts and bills to pay and presentations to give and a whole slew of other activities to fill up our day. God knows this and knew when he created us that we would be a busy people.

Let’s think of our lives as our favorite snack, that food you could eat anytime, anywhere. Mine is Cheez-its. I love them! Now imagine that instead of the regular version, they only have the fat-free or salt-free version of your favorite snack. Can you still eat it? Yes. Is it going to be as enjoyable? Nope, probably not. That is our lives without constant communication and focus on God. Can we walk through life with just the minimum of “God time?” Yes, people do it every day. Is it going to be as good or as satisfying? Absolutely not. God created us to be one with Him and life is just not all that great without Him.

In his book Common Roots, Robert E. Webber says “We must learn, then, not to HAVE a spirituality, something we turn on at a particular place or time, but to BE spiritual, as a habit of life, a continuous state of being. It is to this end that we seek after God in the stillness and hubbub of life, but always and everywhere in and through the church, where Christ is made present to us and, through us, to the world.” All life needs to be saturated with Christ and our first instinct in every situation should be to call out to Him. This week, look at your life and see if you are trying to live a “low-calorie” Christianity or if you are taking advantage of the full banquet God is offering you in Him.

Kendra Mikols