Where Is Your Focus?

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When this messy world is so up in your face, it’s hard to focus on eternal things, isn’t it? 

For instance, a headache can take precedence over being loving and kind. 

But a headache is temporal. It’s very real pain I have to go through right now, but it’s not going to follow me to heaven. 

If I yell at my kids in my pain, even that sin is temporary because of what Jesus did for me. It’s not who I am in Christ. It’s just something to throw off so I can run faster toward the One Who is eternal. Hebrews 12:1-3.

But if I stop, SEE my kids, ask their forgiveness, and LOVE them, I’ve just stepped into the eternal. Because love is eternal. 1 Corinthians 13:13.

And so is repentance. 1 John 1:8-10, Psalm 103:12. When my heart is humble and broken over my sin down here on earth, in heaven my slate is wiped clean.

In what ways have you forgotten what matters most? Matthew 22:37-40. How have you let temporary trials throw you off-course? What will you do to fix your eyes on what is eternal and run for the Prize?

Lord, help us run this race such that when we get to heaven and the book of our life is opened, all that is written on the pages is how we loved. Matthew 22:37-40.

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Mikaela Vincent is a wife, mother, and missionary with a passion to see the lost saved and God's people walk in oneness with Him and each other. She and her husband have been serving the Lord in a dark area of the world where few have heard Jesus' name and Christians are persecuted. In her quiet times with God, He has written together with her deep Bible studies and other books for all ages on listening to God and removing the barriers to oneness with Christ and others. She hosts spiritual mentoring groups online, and has led retreats internationally. Through her books, both children and adults are finding freedom from anxiety, panic, and other strongholds. Her novels, prayer journals, devotionals, day planners, children's books and more are available at MoreThanAConquerorBooks.com.

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