Focus, Focus

Jesus replied, "No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for service in the kingdom of God." Luke 9:62

I like this little snip of parable this morning. This verse, these words from Jesus, are all about focus, and keeping it. Once upon a time fields used to be plowed with a hand tool, and a horse or a mule to pull it. A man plowing a field needed to keep his head forward at all times to make sure he plowed in a straight line. It was tough work to break a field, and any deviation from a straight line would mean less yield in the end. A plowman needs to keep his focus forward at all times.

As followers of Christ, we need to keep our head forward at all times too. We need to keep our eyes on the prize at the end and keep going forward. We need to keep our hearts and minds tuned into our purpose, our reason for breath. Our purpose is to worship God, and along the way, share His love with those around us, but always keeping our eyes on God. We can't continue forward in our walk with God if we are continuously looking at what's behind us. We can't undo what is in our past, we can only look forward and praise God for what is and what is to come.

I, for one, am glad for that. It may be fun sometimes to reminisce and think about things gone by, but for the most part, I would never want to really look back and re-live a moment or two. All we can do is learn from life, and learn from our past, and then continue to move forward. If you look behind you while driving a car, you put yourself at great risk for an accident. So keep focused forward. Let's keep our eyes on God and what he is going to lay before us. It's certain to be wonderful.