1 Peter 2:5-6

As you come to him, the living Stone rejected by humans but chosen by God and precious to him you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
1 Peter 2:5-6

Wednesday, July 23, 2014

Focus

Can you multi-task?  Once I was on facebook and I am having a chat-conversation with someone and what do you know, a second chat window pops open and another person starts chatting with me.  I know teenagers who can carry on a eight different conversations between text, snapchat, facebook and the like.  For me, two is one too many.


Brain research says that true multi-tasking is impossible.  The brain can only concentrate on one thing at a time.  We can do several things poorly, but we cannot do multiple things as well as if we did each, one at a time.  The problem is that our world does not often give us the luxury of one thing at a time.  When was the last time that you were able to move through a task from beginning to end without someone trying to interrupt you?

And so far we are talking only about the mundane tasks that make up our days.  If we are talking about the important stuff, real change, purpose, that type of thing, there will be people who are actively working against it.  They have a different point of view or a different position.  They are profiting from the status quo and hate to see it end.  

God has a purpose for out lives and we need to stay the course and keep from being distracted. Whether those distractions happen because of busyness or opposition we need to keep focused on the goal.



Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth. - Collisions 3:2

Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things. - Philippians 4:8

I keep thinking of hall of fame running back Barry Sanders.  He was hard to stop on the football field.  He would get bumped and blocked, but he would pivot, spin, side step, jump whatever it took to keep moving down the field.  If he did get knocked down he was back up next play wanting to do it again.



When trying to accomplish our goals we need to be like #20.  Pivot and spin from the distractions and keep our eyes focused on the goal.

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