Focus

What is your focus? And if I knew the plural of "focus," I could ask you about many of your "foci"? As teachers and staff in school buildings, we probably feel inundated with stimuli all day long and what we thought was going to be a focus, becomes just one little part of our day; maybe not even a very important one.

How does this happen? I remember the speed at which I had to think on my feet and change direction by the minute sometimes. Kids demanding attention, my lesson demanding some attention, hopefully, and then there's those that I answered to as a staff member and employee. The list goes on. And it could be different every day.

But what does the Lord say about  my focus? Do you think He doesn't care about our daily responsibilities and distractions? He tells us plainly in Philippians 4:8, "Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable-if anything is excellent or praiseworthy-think about such things."

So where do you see things in your day that are true, noble, right, pure, lovely, admirable, excellent or praiseworthy? On any given day you most certainly can and do witness these kinds of things, but on other days, doesn't it seem impossible to find?

I don't have an answer as to how you keep your focus on the above command. But I do think that by knowing that that's where the Lord wants our thoughts and by watching for them or modeling them, we will increase our chances of experiencing the kind of focus that's good for our hearts and glorifying to God.

Be blessed by the Lord and highly favored,
Barb