Refocus

It does not take much to get distracted from the things that are most important in life.  Something traumatic might happen.  A few annoyances might pile up.  Or you might just get caught up in your own daily routine.

It is not difficult to pinpoint when you have lost the main focus of your life, or deviated from the purpose you are working toward.  It is difficult to figure out how to change.

As I sit back and look at my life, I feel like I know who I want to be.  I want to be a pretty, stylish sort of girl.  I want to be interesting and intriguing.  I want to be encouraging and loving.  I want to be creative and crafty.  I want to be a people person.  I want to be slightly athletic.  I want to be a thoughtful learner and reader.  But above all else, I want to be a woman defined by Christ.

Would you just look at that description of who I want be?  Maybe its becoming more obvious why I am getting so distracted.  I just create this image of who I want to be, and how I want to change, so much that I choose not to focus on where God wants me and where I need to change most.

I want to be a woman of God.  I want to be amazed and encouraged by the his word.  I want to be so focused on prayer that God is always on my mind.  I want to be so overwhelmed by the Holy Spirit that I am fully convicted of sin and compelled to say no to it.  I want to be full of joy in the Lord and joy in myself so that I can focus my energy on loving and encouraging others.

Let's be real.  It's pretty hard to know where to start.  I mean, when I've fallen so behind.  How can I fully refocus and find my fulfillment in the King of Kings?  Do I start by focusing on prayer or spending time in the word?  Do I try to shift my focus to others or do I change my attitude to one of joy in the Lord?  I feel like I need to pick on place to start, but I just don't know where.  What I do know is that I will get no where by bantering about where to start!  So I'm just going to have to pick something!

Starting now, I am going to begin refocusing on prayer.  Prayer that God would motivate me.  Prayer that God would change my heart to be more concerned with him than anyone else.  Prayer that God would fill me and satisfy me more than anything in the world.  Prayer that my faith would be real and genuine.

God, seriously change me.

Keep me in prayer and remind me of you every hour.

Refocus me and satisfy me.

You are a good, good God.