Focus

Col. 3:1   If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sits on the right hand of God. 

Seek those things that are above! What a great call for us to do things different. So many times our first action or response to something is to look at the lack or the need. God has been challenging me this past week about what I focus on. There is so much going on in our country right now. There are a lot of things that is stealing our focus of what is really important. 

 Do I think that politics is unimportant? Absolutely not. We must let our voice be heard. There is however a difference between a need and a necessity. 

Jesus was never driven by need. The five thousand needed food but it was not the driving force behind his miracle. The wine run out at the wedding and they needed more wine. The need was not the reason he did the miracle of changing water into wine. Look at what John 2:11 says:

This beginning of miracles did Jesus in Cana of Galilee, and manifested forth his glory; and his disciples believed on him. 

They needed to see the ability of his provision more than they needed more wine. Jesus just used the wine as a means to show them God's ability.

We must develop the understanding to see what people need or what people have to experience. When we minister to the racers we can easily focus on the need but is it more important for them to encounter the one that can use their need to reveal himself?

I believe this is what Paul is asking us. Look at the things above and not at the things on the earth. In God you will find all you need, but your need becomes a place and channel where he reveals his goodness to you.

Seek those things that are above! You are a dispenser of the things of God.