Focus and The Two Way Flow

UV 3293/10000 Focus and The Two Way Flow

Who went before you along the way, in fire by night and in a cloud by day, to seek a place for you to make camp and to show you the way in which you should go.

Deuteronomy 1 v 33


The Lord goes before us in all our ventures and journeys. He manifests Himself as a protective wall of fire by night and a cloud of shelter and shade by day. The fires is a metaphor for His all consuming power. The cloud, a symbol of His all comforting presence. He is looking for a place that is suitable for us to camp. He will guide us on the way we should go. We can depend on Him for guidance. He places us where we should be and positions us according to His plan and purpose. We need to pitch our tent where He points out the place. We do not know what lurks in the dark or what await us in the day time but the Lord reveals to us. He makes our paths safe. He delivers us from threats, dangers, enemies on the route we take. When we look back on our lives, we can see clearly how true is the promise contained in this uni-verse. The Lord is faithful, all knowing, caring and loving. He is a living and loving God. He is both Emmanuel and Ebenezer to us. As Emmanuel, He is the indwelling God. He surrounds us with His awesome presence all the time. As Ebenezer, He helps us on the way even with our mundane tasks and enables us to overcome the challenges we face on our journey.

In return for the Lord’s faithfulness, we need to maintain a beautiful vessel of gratitude or thanksgiving in our lives. It should always be full and overflowing. Our hearts and minds are that beautiful vessel. As long as this vessel is overflowing with praise and thanksgiving for the countless benefits, blessings, mercies and grace He has given us, more of His presence and blessings will be further experienced by us. The book of Revelation speaks of angels continually praising and worshipping the Lord 24 x 7 , “ Holy, Holy , Holy is the Lord .” They further worship the Lamb who gave us salvation, Jesus by saying, “ Worthy is the Lamb to receive power and riches and wisdom and might and honour and glory and blessing.” Like the vision of Jacob at Bethel, there is to be a constant upward flow from our hearts and minds towards the Lord and it will bring the constant descending flow of power, wisdom, blessings towards us.

When our focus is on the locus- the Lord, the Creator, the Saviour, the Holy Spirit, we will rejoice over our past, over our present , over our future and over eternity. He who knows our need will sow it in our lives for us to reap in due time. He will fill our lives with grace to cover the gaps in our lives. Stephen even as he was being stoned to death, he praised the Lord and saw heaven open with Jesus at the right hand of the Father waiting to welcome him. Hence, in normal times and extreme situations, our minds should be centered or focused on the Lord.