An Eternal Focus

One of the biggest challenges in life is to be Focused. There are so many distractions in life that it's hard to get focused, let alone stay focused. If you're even remotely ambitious, or have different goals and dreams that you want to achieve and accomplish, you understand the challenge of getting and staying focused. The challenge that I want to address today is not simply "getting" focused, it's where your focus lies. There are people who have been successful in getting focused and being able to achieve the different goals that they've set in life. However, the question that I want to raise today is, are we focused on the right thing? Being focused is one thing, being properly focused is another.

I would suspect that many people, including many Christians, are not focused on the right thing. Why do I say this? Because for many (if not most) people, their focus lies within the Temporal. If we sit down and take a real serious look at our lives, most of what we have prioritized and placed emphasis on lies primarily, if not strictly and solely, on the here and now. Granted, we do have to live on this earth and learn how to function in the Natural realm. But it is not the will of God for us to focus on the Natural realm. That's why Jesus said to seek (focus) ye first the Kingdom of God (Matthew 6). The Kingdom of God is not Natural. So if your primary focus is not on the Kingdom of God, then no matter how noble and admirable your goals and aspirations may be, you're focused on the wrong thing.

The reason why many Christians fall into this category is because we have not learned how to develop an Eternal Focus. The mystery of life is learning how to operate in the Eternal Realm while navigating within the Natural and the Temporal. This is the Inheritance of the believer in Christ (Acts 26). The misconception that makes us stumble over this is that we've been inclined to believe that Eternal Life, living and operating in the Eternal Realm, is something that happens "after" you die; after you physically leave this planet Earth. This is incorrect. Eternal Life is not "after" time, it is above time. Time is simply a "very small component" of the Dimension of Eternity. And we were made for Eternity, not for time. That's why the scripture emphasizes that God knew us before we entered time (Jeremiah 1). True life, true joy, true peace, true happiness, true wealth, true prosperity, true love, true greatness, true achievement, true success; lies in the Eternal Realm. Why? Because only there will it never end. Temporal greatness expires. Eternal achievements are just that, Eternal. Allow the Holy Spirit to minister to you and give you the Grace to make the shift to achieve An Eternal Focus.