Today’s Scripture…
Proverbs 4:23-27
23 Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it. 24 Keep your mouth free of perversity; keep corrupt talk far from your lips. 25 Let your eyes look straight ahead; fix your gaze directly before you. 26 Give careful thought to the paths for your feet and be steadfast in all your ways. 27 Do not turn to the right or the left; keep your foot from evil.
Thoughts…
Training takes focus. Focus takes practice.. Follow me here for a second. To succeed at anything, you must train. Training takes focus. We must practice to focus.
No one, not even God expects you to be perfect. The only thing we are perfect at is not being perfect so, God gave us instruction, advice, and guidance. Everything listed in these verses requires you to think about what you are doing. It requires you to practice focussing.
I meditate to spend time with God. When I started, I couldn’t do it for 5 minutes without my mind wondering all over. The point to meditation is not sitting still, relaxing your breathing, and focusing your mind for 30 minutes. It is about learning to recognize when you need to refocus and then doiing it.
Today take a moment to practice focussing so you can find your path and train yourself not to step off of it.
Prayer…
