Yesterday
while taking a walk around my neighborhood I heard some loud music coming from
one of the passing vehicles. I almost
broke my neck trying to see who was driving the car. After catching my balance and making sure
that no one had witnessed my stumble, I saw a two door crème Infiniti coupe (I guess
that’s what you’d call it) pass by. Now,
this car was clean. I didn’t even care
who was driving the car. I just imagined myself behind the wheel. My daydream was interrupted by a rock on the
edge of the sidewalk. Again, I avoided
stumbling and decided to keep my eyes straight ahead in order to avoid anymore
slip ups.
Now
that I think about it, I’ve always been a little clumsy. I would just be walking and before I knew it
BAM! I trip over something. I never really
understood it, but then I realized that my focus was hardly ever on the steps
in front of me, but on the steps behind me and the steps of those who passed by
along the way. Had I been paying more
attention to where I was going instead of where I had come from or where
everybody else was going, I would have avoided a great deal of embarrassing moments.
My casual
stroll reminded me so much of life. In life
we find ourselves focused, determined, and driven towards the assignments that
God has for us. However, somewhere along
the way we drift off to the right or veer to the left when we are presented
with distractions. Distractions can come
in any shape or form. My distractions
yesterday were loud music and a luxury car.
Your distraction might be a person or people. I think this is where most of us lose track
and forget about the assignments God has placed in front of us. We become
overly concerned with the accomplishment or even the shortcomings of
others.
“Yeah,
I heard he’s making like six figures now.”
“She
had on a pair of those red bottoms? Do you think that she can afford to be
dressing like that?”
“I heard
they went on a vacation overseas somewhere, but you know I don’t get in other
people’s business.”
“They
just up and decided to get married. If you want my opinion I think they should’ve
waited a little while longer. “
“Yeah
she did that ole Atkins diet. She looks
good, but she’ll probably gain it back by Christmas.”
“I
don’t know why she won’t leave him alone.
She can do much better if you ask me.”
LOL! I can go on and on, but you get my
point. We spend so much time focusing on
what “errbody” (for emphasis) else is doing that we trip, stumble, and lose our
balance with the plans that God has for us.
We
must stay in our lane. We must stay on
the path that is in front of us. We must
stay in line [in balance] with God. We
mustn’t allow the things that are happening externally [separate from our
relationship with God] to hinder us from reaching our full potential.
My prayer
for you and me today is to look straight ahead.
Focus only on the things above instead of the things below [on
earth]. That is where we will find
perfect peace.
Be blessed,
Christy
Think
about the things of heaven, not the things of earth. Colossians
3:2
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