Where's Your Focus?
This week, I'd like for us to take a look inwardly, in order to determine where our true focus lies. This study is not intended to be from the viewpoint of someone who has it all together, whose sole focus is on Jesus as it should be, and who stands in some pulpit looking down on those whose lives are not up to standards. If this study were a sermon, I would be in the audience, feeling a sense of overwhelming guilt. No, this is not a lesson to be learned only by others, but rather, I hope to gain some insight into my own failings and the reasons behind my own distance from God and His will for my life. So, I hope that this study will be beneficial for all of us, and will help us to see where our focus has shifted, and how we can get it back to where God would have it to be. The first verse that we'll look at is James 4:8..." Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded. " Let's think ab...