Focus on the Locus

UV 3689/10000 Focus on the Locus Finally, believers, whatever is true, whatever is honourable and worthy of respect, whatever is right and confirmed by God’s word, whatever is pure and wholesome, whatever is lovely and brings peace, whatever is admirable and of good repute; if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think continually on these things ( center your mind on them, and implant them in your heart), Philippians. 4 v 8 The final instruction to edify the believers that they may be built up in Christ and His body, the church is that they continually or consistently think of what is honourable, respectable, true, pure, holistic, beautiful, peace- inducing, admirable, reputable, excellent, praiseworthy. In short, we need to think like Jesus. Taught by the Master Psychologist, Jesus, the apostle Paul realizes the importance of thought process in shaping our lives, our testimony and our legacy. The thought patterns determine the pattern of our behaviour, our work life, our ministry, our relationships. Paul asks us to focus on the center or the locus of life. Thought process is central to the quality of our lives. Our minds should focus on the thought patterns that center or focus on excellence of every type. Who or what conforms to all the attributes elaborated in the uni-verse? None other than Jesus, Himself. He is the One who is true, honourable, praiseworthy, beautiful, pure, peace giving, reputable, wholesome, admirable as confirmed by God’s word to be the Word. Jesus is not the center of the physical universe but we opt to accept Him as the center of our moral, spiritual, relational and emotional universe. Everything that we think, speak and do, everything that happens to us – we understand in reference to the center of our universe- Jesus. Hence, the focus of our lives, our thought process should be Jesus, His person, His word, His voice, His work, His influence, His Spirit. When we think about Jesus even as His own thoughts focused on God, the Father. His purpose in life was to fulfill the will of the Father to offer all mankind an opportunity for redemption or eternal life. When an archer or a marksman is practicing in shooting at the target, he focusses on the center or the locus of the target, the heart, core or center of the target. This kind of focus produces remarkable results in his performance. When we focus on the locus, Jesus, the Way of our lives, the Truth of our lives and the source of eternal life, we achieve results. The Father’s eye is on us and we consistently hit the bull’s eye. We also become the apple of the Father’s eye. Thinking the thoughts of Jesus is the way to practice the uni-verse. It leads to the implanting of the seed of the Son of God in our hearts. Our every thought taken captive to Christ, captive for Christ enables us to communicate and commune with the Lord 24 x 7 or continually. The path from the mind to the heart is the shortest distance but it takes the longest time to effect this transfer of whatever we have learnt from the Word to our hearts and lives. When thoughts and ideas are transferred to the heart from the mind, we become passionate about it. We are eager to translate into the everyday reality of our lives.