Keeping My Focus

24 Sensible people keep their eyes glued on wisdom,

    but a fool’s eyes wander to the ends of the earth.

Today’s Proverb contains one word that jumps out at me : FOCUS- to keep our eyes GLUED on Wisdom.  Do we go through our day with our eyes fixed on the ways of the Lord, not on the indulgences of our emotions and flesh? That’s a tough question, isn’t it?  The slow driver in front of us causes our blood pressure to go up.   The procrastination that delays and stalls projects that the Lord has called us to.  The  person that hurt us, that we aren’t ready to forgive …do we keep our eyes glued on Wisdom in all of our dealings? It is quite a standard that we are being called to as we crucify our flesh in a  thousand daily decisions!

Today’s Proverb speaks to us and encourages us to keep our eyes glued on Wisdom, focused on the ways of the Lord and the daily deeds that He is calling us to. Each second, each task, each interaction is to be met through the eyes of Wisdom.

The fool approaches the day with a shotgun mentality, hopping from task to task and from interaction to interaction, never seeking the will of the Lord.  They finish nothing and react to everything.  With eyes always searching the horizon for a new distraction, the fool lacks intentionality and focus. 

I pray that we would intentionally focus on the ways of the Lord and what He has carved out for us to do today. I pray that we would enter into each situation through the eyes of Wisdom and allow Him to guide us from divine appointment to divine appointment.  May we enter all situations with grace as our fragrance and mercy as our calling card. Through the eyes of Wisdom, may we enter into each second through a holy obedience to the ordinary.