Living A Focused Life

April 4, 2025

KEY FROM GOD’S WORD:

James 1:8
A double minded man is unstable in all his ways.

THOUGHTS ON GOD’S WORD:

   

    Have you ever found yourself with more than you could possibly do? It just seemed to sneak up on you, and then, wham! You are overwhelmed. Now what? You have trouble trying to decide what to tackle first. Everything seems just as important as the rest of it. My dad would say, “You have got too much on your plate at one time.” When this happens, you feel as if you are being pulled in all different directions. Well trust me on this, you simply cannot go two different directions at the same time. It is just not physically possible. Yet this is how many people live their lives. Running to a fro and not knowing which way to turn next.

    The Bible says, “a double minded man is unstable in all his ways.” A person who is trying to live two lives, that of a Christian and that of a worldly sinner, is unsure of both. You most often find these people unsure of their salvation. Wondering if they were saved or not. In addition, many times they are just as unsure of their eternal destination when life ends. Such a terrible mixed-up way to live a life, especially when you do not have to live this way.

    The Bible is such a clear understandable book. A person who is bogged down with trivial questioning about such things as who Cain’s wife may have been is not really looking for salvation. They would much rather argue about what God’s Word says than let the truth of His love help them. Once they realize they are heading for hell without Christ… they will no longer care who Cain’s wife was as long as they know they are going to heaven when they die. Then, when they get to heaven, they can just ask God about old Cain.      

 

CARRYING THAT THOUGHT THROUGH THE DAY:

    Ask God to help you keep your heart and mind focused on His Son Jesus. If we keep Him in view, the rest of life will fall into place.

What can you do today to keep your focus on the Lord?

IF YOU ARE JOURNALING:

Ask yourself, what are MY THOUGHTS concerning this Passage, and today’s Devotion?

Do I find within this reading a CHALLENGE for my life?

What are one or two things I WILL DO today or this week to accept that CHALLENGE?

  

GOD TALKING TO ME:  April 4, 2025

THROUGH THE BIBLE ACCELERATED READING
^{(OT-1, NT & PS-2, Prov-Monthly)}
Deuteronomy 22, 23 – Psalm 80
Proverbs 4 – James 1, 2

THROUGH THE BIBLE OLD & NEW TESTAMENT DAILY
Joshua 7-9 – Luke 7:1-35