Good afternoon, Prescott Family.
As a child with big, open, and wondering eyes, I would often get into things I shouldn’t. I was accustomed to the famous lines of “don’t touch that” or “get out of there”. One occasion I was in my dad’s shed, which was always filled with shiny things I was not meant to touch and found a brand new tin of car paint (see, shiny things always get you), my brother had been using them earlier in the week to spray paint his car. Well, being the creative type I am, I thought the side of my house was a bit too plain and proceeded to make a beautiful mural of my five-year-old hands in bright red paint. Not my finest moment. I later came crying into the house after not being able to wash off the paint. I was literally caught red-handed with my fingerprints everywhere.
So many times in life, we fixate on the shiny new thing, the distraction or things that we shouldn’t be in, reasoning to ourselves, it doesn’t look that bad, in fact, it looks shiny and pretty, how could God not want this in my life? I mean, He does want the best for my life, right? This must be something that He would want me to have! I ignore all the obvious signs. I ignore the fact that God so clearly knows so much better than I do. That He knows everything. He knows the consequences that I cannot see and haven’t even considered. I forget that I should trust in Him and His instruction.
Sin begins by us focusing on ourselves, and what we want or what feels best right now. Which, of course, results in us losing sight of the bigger picture. We lose sight of God, the people around us and what is best in the long run.
Looking at the story of Saul, he was anointed by God to be the first king of Israel, and everything was great until Saul decided to start doing what he thought was best, which resulted in him being rejected by God and Daivd being anointed the new king.
My encouragement for you this week is to know, throughout everything that is happening in your life this week, don’t lose sight of what God has instore for you. Remember that God cares, He loves you, and He can’t wait until we all get to be together forever. With no more death, pain, or tears.
This world is temporary, but our friendship with God, that is eternal! God is literally the definition of a best friend for life, and He has your best interests at heart! Focus on him, and not the shiny distractions.
Blessings,
Pr Andy.
