REFOCUS!!

You ever get too caught up in “the living” of your life?

I know how that sounds! But think about it a minute!

Sometimes we get so caught up in “the living” that we don’t really live.

You want a better paying job, and know that you need to go back to school to get it.  You’ve been wanting to go back to get your masters degree.  This past February you researched several programs at nearby colleges, and even some you could do online.  You thought very carefully about how to manage work, school, the kids, the kids activities, everything.  You bought books and programs to prepare for the GRE, and even registered to take the test later this month.

But instead of studying, you’ve spent the summer doing “the living”. You’ve gone on trips with the kids, your crew, and your new boyfriend.  There’ve been cook outs, block parties, amusement parks, and night cruises.  You’ve enjoyed every minute of it.

Now the kids are back in school and its back to the routine.  It suddenly occurs to you that you now only have 19 days till the GRE.  OH MY GOD!  WHERE DID THE TIME GO!  There’s no way you’ll be ready for the test!

My point is, sometimes we get so caught up in “the living” that we lose focus of the big picture that is our life. 

When you started researching schools and gathering studying materials a spirit of change had come over you.  Something in you knew it was time for you transition into a new stage of your life.  That transition cannot occur without you.  A very wise man of God once said “Do not forfeit the blessings of change by avoiding the process of transition.”

Yes! You getting caught up in “the living” is avoiding the transition!!

You walked past those books more than a hundred times this summer.  You moved them from the dining room table, to your bedroom dresser, and eventually to the floor in the corner of the room.  Would it really have been so bad not to go to every summer party, and spend some time studying?  Especially those times the kids were elsewhere?

God made a promise to you, but he needs your help to fulfill it.  He wants you to have that better paying job, so he planted in you the drive to go back to school to get that degree so that you can get that job. 

You were fired up this past February.  You were taking steps you hadn’t before, and they were long overdue.

Don’t get lazy now!  You’re a caterpillar and God wants you to transition into a butterfly.  The process will require some sacrifice and struggle on your part.  It may even be painful at times.  But the beautiful you that emerges will have made it all worthwhile. 

REFOCUS!!