Distractions are seldom good. When I was playing sports, distractions were often the cause of a losing game. There are many things that can distract us. Sometimes we get so distracted that we forget what the initial focus was intended to be. Focus has to do with vision. I spent alot of time on the ball field. I can still hear my dad saying to me, "Get focused, get your eye on the ball and your mind on the game." Correct focus will often cause you to gain momentum, and momentum can cause you to bring forth a winning game.
Sometimes in life we get distracted, and we lose focus and it feels like our momentum is lost. One thing for sure, when momentum is broken, it can take alot of effort to get moving forward once again. The psalmist said, Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Savior and my God. When we are facing overwhelming odds it can be difficult to keep our focus, to actually believe that things can turn in our favor. We have to remember the words of Jesus. "All things are possible to him that believes" One thing is for sure, when you are playing a sport, and you give up hope of winning the game, it is all downhill from there on. The same thing is true in life. When we give up hope that things can be better it is all downhill from there on. Job summed it up by saying, "where then is my hope? Who can see any hope for me?"
What hope do we have? We have our hope in God for he had declared in Jeremiah 29:11
For I know the plans I have for you," says the LORD. "They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope.
I must fix my eyes on Jesus in this life to overcome the set backs and the discouragments that cause me to lose my momentum. In the same way that I could not win the game when I was young unless I kept my eye on the ball, I cannot win in this life or the next, unless I place my eyes on Jesus. Turn your eyes upon Jesus. Look full in his wonderful face. And the things of this earth will begin to grow dim. In the light of his mercy and grace.
