Sunday, June 16, 2013

THE POWER AND THE BEAUTY OF A FOCUSED LIFE

English: Power of life Deutsch: Lebensenergie
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Focus in life is very necessary, for effectiveness, efficiency, productivity, and success.
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One of the things that I like so much about the Book of Proverbs is the ability of the wisest man who ever lived,(I believe, apart from Christ), to give instructions that can apply to everyone and anyone in spite of their age and time of existence.
In the Book of Proverbs chapter 4 generally and especially verses 20-27, we can read the most profound instructions from a father to his son, on how to have a focused and thereby a successful life.
Paying attention to the word of God
In verse 20-22(AMP) of the Book of Proverbs, we read as follows:
“20 My son attend to my words; consent and submit to my sayings.
21 Let them not depart from your sight; keep them in the center of your heart.
22 For they are life to those who find them, and healing to all their flesh”.
These three verses of scripture bring out what I will call-the what, where, and the why, of the word of God.
Concerning the what, the wise man by the Holy Spirit tells you and I how precious the most important commodity-ever is. Why do I call it a commodity, because the Bible says-Buy the truth and sell it not!
And so He instructs us to go for the most important thing and pay attention to it and hear it all the time.
Concerning the where of the word of God, He tells us to store it in our hearts or spirits. The human spirit is the Centre of man, and the word of God is the raw material for building up the human spirit. In the Book of Acts, we read, Acts chapter 20 and verse 32:
“32 And now brethren: I commend you to God and to the word of His grace, which is able to build you up and to give you an inheritance amongst them who are sanctified”.
So it takes the word stored in your spirit, to build you up, but it also takes the word to renew your mind. The Bible tells us in the Book of Romans chapter 12 and verses 1-2, that if your mind is not renewed, you will not know the different phases or types of the will of God.
Lastly on the instructions concerning the word, let us look at the why of the word of God: verse 22 of the same scriptures tells us that the word of God gives life to those who find it, and is medicine to all their flesh.
What does He mean by the word of God giving life to those who find it? The word of God, is anointed, the word of God carries creative and healing power. If the word of God has the ability to create life, it sure has the ability to sustain life.
The Bible tells us in the Book of John chapter 1 that the word of God was here right from the beginning, and all things were made by him, without him was not anything made that was made.
Jesus went on and said, “The words that I speak to you they are spirit and they are life”!
Therefore, it is easy to see that the word of God is the giver and sustainer of all life!
Guarding your heart or spirit against the interference of negative influences.
Again in the next verse, which is verse 23, we read another very important instruction as follows:
“23 Keep and guard your heart with all vigilance, and above all that you guard, for out it flow the springs of life”.
This scripture is very important, the heart here refers to your spirit, and your mind is the doorway to your spirit. Therefore whatever goes on in your mind, affects your spirit because it will eventually find its way into that place if care is not taken.
The mind is the battleground; devils are able to insert things into your mind, if you let them. They can suggest for you to go and sleep with someone not your spouse, and if you are not careful, you will stomach it. They can tell you that you will never be healed because God does not love you, and you will believe it. These days, we are told that there are mind reading satellites, and occultism has extended to the mind and is now wreaking havoc in many places.
Occult mind readers are able to search out secrets and can harm you if you not grounded in the word of God, based on the apparently true things that they can fling out from your mind.
Avoiding the evil tongues
As you continue to read, He continues to instruct via the wise man in chapter4 and verse 24:
“24 Put away from you false and dishonest speech, and willful and contrary talk, put far from you”.
I love the way the King James Version of the Bible wrote this part, it tells you to put away from you, the froward mouth and to stay away from perverse speech.
Now putting the two scriptures together, it means to put away from you, in terms of either you speaking falsely or in a dishonest manner, or you hearing it from somebody else.
It equally means that we should not allow those who speak foul and immoral language or talk to hang around us speaking vile and foul things that will eventually find their way into your heart or mine, and corrupt us or corrupt the anointing inside us.
The necessity: why you ought to be focused, persistent and consistent.
The last three verses from the eight verses of scripture mentioned above, lay emphasis on why you and I should be focused in all that we do, let us look at them (25-27):
“25 Let your eyes look right on [with fixed purpose], and let your gaze be straight before you.
26 Consider well the path of your feet, and let your ways be established and ordered aright.
27 Turn not aside to the right hand or to the left; remove your foot from evil”.
In life there are many ways that the devil strives to distract us. The enemy comes from or through our friends, as well as through our enemies, to throw things at us. He never gives up on this. If you have never been fought left and right by the wicked, in an effort to push you off from your divine destiny and purpose, you will never know what am talking about.
If you have not yet encountered people whom what they have can never be enough for them, what things they have achieved in their lives are never enough for them, and the devil tells them that unless they take away the one God gave you, they are nothing. These are people some of who are in our churches, but they cannot recognize the voice of the devil, neither can they discern that they are deceived and going to hell because of their folly, are those you and I need to be very careful with.
You and I need to be careful how we let the devil talk to us or to our destiny through them, because it matters who you listen to and respond to.
In another important scripture, the wise man says to us: When sinners entice you, consent thou not, that is in Proverbs chapter 1 and verse 10:
“1 My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not”KJV.

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