Broken Focus: The Cause of Death

Various events in my childhood convinced me that God did not exist. Under this ungodly mindset, I in turn negatively affected every person’s life that I touched including my own. Over the years, other people were considered non-trustworthy.  Looking back, I can now laugh because through the word of God, I realized that the problem was—gasp—me. Yet, in the midst of this blindness, God showed up and revealed His love and eternal promise to all of mankind by delivering me out of Satan’s death grip. How? An unexpected introduction of a person into my life occurred that brought me back to a church to hear the words of God. This event is explained in my book Mine, including God’s way of dealing with a former unbeliever, which is currently being considered for publication.

 Initially, hearing God’s words meant nothing to a mind that was locked in the past. Nevertheless, it was the hearing of His word that God used to bring forth a stunning revelation by His Holy Spirit. The pastor was teaching Genesis chapter one and how God had prepared everything for our needs on Earth before He created mankind.

 In the midst of the pastor’s sermon, the Holy Spirit opened my mind to the fact that YAHWEH, our God and Heavenly Father, EXISTS. And, that we, all of mankind, are His Creation exactly as it is written in Genesis 1.  In plain English, God’s Holy Spirit realigned my ‘stinkin thinkin’ as I call it.  And, He used the scriptures to confirm this revelation, thus establishing the importance of knowing His word. 

After years of being lost in thinking of this world and people from Satan’s perspective, my focus had been redirected to the right person—Jesus. Simply put, when attention on God is broken, deception becomes rational and wrong becomes right.  By turning my attention back to Him, my focus on life also changed. 

Satan’s goal from the beginning has always been to break our trust and reliance upon God and the truth of His word. He began this plot in the Garden of Eden. Ever since, we are distracted with the same lie that Satan presented to Adam and Eve. STUFF! POWER! GREED! LUST OF THE FLESH! AND, THE DESIRE FOR THINGS WE DON’T NEED. And, after Satan gets us hooked, he pulls the rug out from beneath us leaving us floundering and angry at the friend, husband, wife, etc. who failed to give us the STUFF.

Focusing on Jesus brings permanent joy, love, and peace of mind. All the rest, regardless of its glitter, comes from below and is temporary.