2015 Word - Focus

In early December, I was trying to take a picture of water spot  There I was trying to focus on the ceiling but the camera wouldn't let me.  It was having a hard time focusing.  I couldn't figure it out.   I had done photographs like this before.  Then I remembered that I had changed the lens when I was taking a picture outside.  I never put the normal lens back on. Once the lens was replaced, I had no trouble taking a picture of the water spot.

While I was going through all of this, I heard a quiet voice in my heart saying that I was like the camera.  I was focusing on a lot of things but when it came down to it, I wasn't focusing on the right thing.  That thought really hit me. I'm all over the place but not really focusing on the right thing.

"Ok, God, so how do I focus on the right thing?  What is the right thing?"

Again, in a quiet voice, God answered my questions.  "Change your lens. Focus on me."

I attend bible study. I teach catechism.  I go to church.  I listen to Christian music. I read Christian books.  That was not the answer I expected.  In the weeks since this happened,  God has been showing me how my focus is not really on Him.  I talk to God but I really don't listen to him enough.  I say God is in control but my actions say otherwise.

God is reviving memories of when I did focus on Him, when I did believe that He was in control and it is humbling.  I've been pondering those times and thinking what is different now verses then.   The world is different.  Technology is different.  Along the way, I allowed the world to changed my lens.  Now,  I'm letting God change my lens.  I'm going to fix my eyes on Him.

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