Focus can be defined as what you concentrate on the
most or the center of your attention. Are the thoughts about yourself centered
on what you are doing right more or on what you are doing wrong more?
We all have faults, weaknesses, and have made
mistakes. The problem is when the enemy places a magnifying glass over each one
of your weaknesses, and your focus becomes distorted and all you can see are
the negative aspects about yourself. Focusing on your deficits can cause discouragement,
defeat, and depression. Focusing too long on what is wrong with you can cause
you to shrink back and not go forward, and this is exactly where the enemy
wants you-stuck in the past and living in defeat of your past mistakes. If God
has forgiven your sins, He does not keep reminding you of your failures.
Reflect
and ponder: What do you think of yourself most of the
time? Is your focus on your good qualities and character more or on the
negative? Have you allowed other people’s opinions about you to define what you
think about yourself? What do you believe God focuses on about you? What do you
love about yourself?
Counselor’s
Corner: The enemy will attempt to get you to
focus on all that is wrong with yourself. There are some key things to watch
for and to recognize when the enemy has your focus distorted on the negative
areas in your life.
1. Your
focus will turn to your circumstances more than to Jesus, and your
circumstances will appear larger than they really are. When your focus shifts
to all the distractions, chaos, and upheaval around you it is easy to feel
anxious, uneasy, irritable, worried, and fearful.
2. Confusion
instead of clarity. You can doubt yourself, your strengths and your abilities
because the enemy has you focused on what you have done wrong.
3. Past
hurts and insecurities are magnified. What you thought you dealt with in the past
gets rehashed. This rehashing is an attempt to weaken you and to cause you to
doubt what God is doing in your life. The past is used to hinder you as you attempt
to move forward and enter a new season in your life. The enemy will try and
derail progress and growth.
This week CHOOSE to focus on your strengths, your
victories, and your good qualities. Write out what God shows you about yourself
and CHOOSE to believe Him. CHOOSE to completely forgive yourself of any past
mistakes and CHOOSE to love and nurture yourself. Be good to yourself. Don’t
let the enemy erect lies in your mind about yourself, he is the accuser of the
brethren.
MEDIATE
ON THESE SCRIPTURES:
Set
your mind on things above, not on things on Earth.
Colossians
3:2
Fixing
our eyes on Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith.
Hebrews
12:2
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