Correct Focus

"But do not think I will accuse you before the Father. Your accuser is Moses, on whom your hopes are set. If you believed Moses you would believe me, for he wrote about me. But since you do not believe what he wrote, how are you going to believe what I say?" John 5:45-47

Down through time we have managed to misinterpret what has been said, created our own doctrine and miss the mark.

In the above scripture Jesus is speaking to the Jews. Our faith may be locked into the mother of Jesus, Mary, or perhaps one of the apostles, or perhaps a good person who lived and died for Christ.

If who we focus on takes us away from the truth of the gospel then we have chosen a path of deception and will miss the mark.

The person we focus on may be a good person and not intentionally leading us astray but if we are misfocused then we sin and miss the mark.

If I take my eyes off of Christ, then I end up in a ditch of my own making. No-one, no matter how good a teacher or how good a person is to replace Christ or the word of God in our lives.

Again and again and again I must come back to centre. He must be in charge not my emotions, not my thought processes, not my imagination.

My God is in charge of the future and I will allow Him to be God. Don't be drawn to some pleasant looking place where you might lay down and take a rest, remember to look at all the faces there, that will tell you that it is best, to keep on walking. (Dogwood)

Stay with your heart set on Christ and you will make it to the destiny He has planned for you. Amen!