“Let your eyes look straight ahead; fix your gaze directly before you.
Give careful thought to the paths for your feet and be steadfast in all your ways.” (Proverbs 4:25-26, NIV)
Without wishing to negate what I said yesterday, today seems a bit more ‘grown up’. Yesterday was about the Lord’s discipline, which we don’t grow out of this side of eternity. Today, however, is more about taking responsibility.
Last year my wife and I agreed that verse 25 needed to be my motto for this year, because I am naturally and easily distracted. Verse 25 is all about staying focused. If our eyes and thoughts are attentive and focused on the right track, our feet will go in the right direction as well. We will “not swerve to the right or to the left” and avoid evil.
We might be tempted to be fatalistic, to ‘let go and let God’, but God’s Word doesn’t allow for that. We still have to take responsibility for our lives. It’s okay to plan, as long as we just ‘pencil things in’ rather than trying to ‘set them in stone’.
Do you struggle with focus? Consider how you can become more focused.