Goff, Bob The opposite of hope isn’t despair, it’s distraction. You can beat distraction and despair, but the hope-filled life lived with eyes fixed on Jesus will never happen by accident. Daily fixing our eyes involves purposeful choices, remembering that what we gaze upon, read, listen to and click on is all designed to grab you and hold you. “Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith,” encourages Hebrews 12:2. 150, May 10, 1916' by Various During these episodes, the firemen had continued at their work with cool and undistracted attention. 2 Peter 1:3 tells us, “God has given us everything we need for life and godliness through the knowledge of Him.” Without this renewal, it’s inevitable: our minds will always be on what the Bible calls “flesh and death.” But it also says that “The mind set on the Spirit is life and peace (Romans 8:6). Now sitting is a business that demands concentration, a strong effort of the will and an undistracted mind. God’s Word speaks to us in both practical and spiritual ways. I need the illumination of the Holy Spirit as I interact with Scripture, as only this has the power to refresh, restore and refocus my mind, will and emotions. In short, he wants to get your eyes and your mind off of Jesus.Įvery day, I need to be brought back. If you’re a follower of Jesus Christ, you have an enemy, and the shots that he takes at you are always efforts to get you to focus on all that is wrong and on your insufficiency. I’m trying to keep in mind what Tricia Hersey told us a few episodes ago, that rest is my divine right and it is actually necessary to achieving our collective freedom. If I’m distracted by what’s going on in the world, in my country, in my home and in my very own mind, it’s a short trip to despair. So that means I know it’s not healthy to force myself to work 18-hour days and stress out while attempting to live my so-called best life. “The opposite of hope isn’t despair, it’s distraction,” tweeted Bob Goff, and he is so right. But letting the Spirit control your mind leads to life and peace. So letting your sinful nature control your mind leads to death.
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