Focus on the Locus

UV 4221/10000 Focus on the Locus I have set the Lord continually before me; because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken. Psalm 16 v 8 We need to consciously focus on the locus of our lives- the Lord God. Indeed, Jesus is the locus or focal point or center of our lives. When we continually dwell in Him and on Him, we are secure in spirit, mind and body. Setting our hearts and minds on the Lord implies that we are always thankful, worshipping, praising, trusting and rejoicing in the Lord. Setting our hearts on Him means loving His name, person, word, promises, commandments. Setting our hearts on Him means submitting all our plans and desires into His hands. When we do so, we cannot be shaken or troubled beyond a point. We will be always aware of His comforting presence with us all the time. Our hearts will be joyful even when our circumstances cannot be described as happy. He will strengthen our inner being. We are assured that like Jesus, we will not see decay after our deaths but our spirits or souls will rise to the Lord. Our perspective is not merely temporal but eternal and spiritual. The Lord will show us like a beacon light or lighthouse the paths we should take, the decisions we make. He will protect us from ship wreck in any storm of life. He will counsel us and instruct our hearts. Other teachers and trainers can instruct our minds but only the Lord can instruct us at the heart level. We can, therefore, rejoice in Him again and again for He is the source of our strength. His delight in us is the source of our strength, our energy, our joy. We obtain the things we find pleasure in from His right hand of provision even as His hand of protection and guidance is on us all the time. The psalmist David wrote that the Lord hems us in from all sides, He surrounds us. He is the one refuge that will never refuse us or turn us away at any moment of our lives. He will never leave us nor forsake us. Our confidence in our own strength or abilities, our own resources, our relationships can be shaken or disturbed but our confidence in the Almighty God, Our Lord and loving Saviour can never be shaken or affected in any way for His love is as infinite, measureless, complete as His power is, His ability to protect, provide and promote us. Hence, by focusing on the Lord and His word all the time, in all circumstances and in all aspects of our lives, we are setting ourselves up for success, everlasting joy, fulfilment, security and not disappointment, regret, fear, failure, sorrow.