Don’t Lose Heart, Shift Your Focus

2 Corinthians 4:16-18
Greetings after teaching last month on Victory; and how you already have the victory in every area of our life.  Please keep your faith ignited in your Victory through Christ Jesus. 

Now, I am super excited to share with you the word the Lord has given me; “SHIFT” for this month of August.  As we are now experiencing a great shift and the world’s normal is no more; there is a new normal.  The good news is that although the world has changed, God remains the same and His word is unchangeable. Paul reminds us in these few verses not to lose heart in verse 16.  No matter what we are experiencing in this world, we do not belong to this world we belong to the God who is in charge of this world.  

The way to accomplish this is to keep your heart for God alone. Let your desires be set on pleasing Him. In verse 17 Paul reminds us that our trouble (afflictions) are only for a moment; meaning they will not last!  Do you remember the last time you were faced with something that you did not know how to handle?  You probably believed you could not handle it, but God had a way of shifting something in your life and bringing you through. God is faithful and says the weight of your trouble is working for you a far greater weight of His glory for you when the trouble is over. What I am saying is; get into the shift. Its time to shift all your worry to worship. “Worship gets you through the hardest times in your life because it shifts your focus from the problem to the Problem Solver”.  Worship brings you into agreement with God’s sovereign power. You are not agreeing with the trouble; you are agreeing with your solution, which is God. 

And finally, Paul deals with our focus in verse 18. Paul says do not look at the things that are seen they are temporary (especially the problems of this world), they are God’s problems. He allows trials to come into our lives to put our eyes on Him even MORE! and make us remember Who it is that we need.

We must learn to shift our focus to God. In the good. In the bad, and everywhere in between. I feel that when we do this, we start changing. When we focus on Him, we start to become more like Him. We are so grateful for the trails in our life, as they have just made me stronger in Him.

In Closing; “SHIFT” by giving God your whole heart, worship Him continuously, Focus on God, not problems , and you will be transformed to be more like Him.


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