On my daughter’s birthday this week, we went to eat at a restaurant with a spectacular view. Well, let me qualify that. The view is spectacular if you are looking in the right direction. On one side is our overwhelmingly lovely river tucked into lush, verdant jungle. On the other side of the restaurant is a tall, rundown, condemned building. I am told that it cannot be removed because knocking it down would endanger other structures around it. So it just sits there looking large and decrepit. Here is a video I took of the contrast:
From where I was sitting that day, I got to pick. I could choose to gaze on the stunning beauty of God’s handwork, or I could let my eyes wander to the ugliness. As I observed this, Holy Spirit pointed out to me what a spiritual picture that was. Just like I got to choose where I kept my physical focus during that meal, every minute of my life, I get to choose where I direct my spiritual focus as well.
“Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things” (Col. 3:2, NIV). With this instruction, He is teaching us how to select our point of concentration. He is letting us know that we get to pick what we think about. We get to select the object of our meditation.
Some may say, “I don’t know how to meditate.” Well, have you ever stayed up into the wee hours of the night, losing sleep to overthinking and worry? Then you do know how to meditate. The trouble becomes when we meditate on the problem instead of on the One who Continue reading The Privilege of Focal Point Selection
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