What Are Your Eyes On?👀

What Are Your Eyes On?

"Lately, I've been swamped with school work and work." yes, that's the excuse I would like to use to describe my absence from posting on my blog. The real truth is I have been focused on irrelevancies. We should all be grateful that God is not man! Nowadays, we focus so much on unimportant things than things that actually matter to the kingdom. God used a friend of mine a couple of hours ago to bring me out of what I would call "Spiritual Passivity" (is there a word like passivity? Lol oh well—I just googled, there actually is!) 

So this friend of mine had me tune in to a live stream on YouTube, it was being broadcasted by House on the Rock. On this live stream I listened to Bishop Mike Okonkwo preach. What a blessing! Unfortunately the live broadcasted ended and I was unable to finish it. However I picked up a couple of key things. 

I want to be clear on one thing, we cannot in anyway EARN God's love and hand. Trying to earn God's approval will slowly lead to spiritual passivity. Spiritual passivity is when you are not sinning (at least in your head you think you aren't, because you're not committing any of the "bigger sins") but you also aren't spending quality time with God. It's easy for any Christian to become a passive Christian. You could work in church and still be passive about the word of God. So the real question should be, how do you stay on course? It's very dangerous when you no longer get excited when you study your Bible, suddenly it has become a chore you mark off at the end of the day. It is almost the same as being lukewarm. You're not cussing anyone out directly, you're not stealing, you're not treating people badly, but you're also not drawing true strength from the word of God. If you're not careful certain sins will start to look "not so bad" to you. I encourage you to use the word of God to drag yourself out of that pit. 

Bishop Mike Okonkwo said "don't spend your time looking for what to do for God, spend your time trying to know what he's doing". This statement speaks volume. We get so occupied with church and youth group activities that we slowly start slipping into doing it manually. Stop looking for God everywhere and actually pick up your Bible and STUDY. What are you so focused on? Business? School work? Relationships? If they do not spring from Christ then they are a complete waste of time. Acts 17 vs 28 says "For in him we live and move and have our being.' As some of your own poets have said, 'We are his offspring.''  we have no life when we are disconnected from God. He is our source, he lives in us and wants to speak through us. Get you gaze on the right thing today. Everything in this world will fade away, and we seem to forget that this world is not our home! We are sojourners, put on this earth to fulfill a divine purpose. So many of us are busy seeking out our purpose like a treasure hunt when God already said "Seek ye first the Kingdom of God and every other thing will be added unto you." Matthew 6 vs 33. Your entire purpose in life is to know God... hold on let me repeat and rephrase that. Our entire purpose in life is to know God. 

When you seek the face of God he will reveal deep secrets to you, you begin to see things through his eyes. Your gaze is no longer on the things that can fade away but on the one who is and who is to come. Be kingdom minded! Be about your fathers business. I hear you saying to yourself right now "It's hardddddd" and I will say this, God is the only way, see seeking him as the only option for true life. Decide to intentionally read his word and he will begin to come alive in you. Flee from every appearance of the devil, capture all thoughts and subject them to the word of God. 1stThessalonians 5 vs 22 and 2nd Corinthians 10 vs 5. Feel free to meditate on these scriptures. 

Side Note: Do not get comfortable in your sin, sin is a sinker. Flee from sexual sins and fight daily to overcome the vices of the devil. I pray that God gives us all strength to stay rooted and firm.

Song Inspiration: The Master's Calling- Green leaf cast (feat. Deborah Joy Winans)