Beware Being Too Busy to Focus!

One thing our present world seems to rob people of is clear focus. Of course, there are countless reasons for this tragedy, but busyness is certainly a leading thief.

I write these words of warning in the front of my calendar year-after-year: "Beware the barrenness of a too busy life."

So, what's the big deal about being busy and losing clear focus? For starters, losing clear focus alters our vision for the worst. When we lack focus? We lose vision!

It's a scary reality up ahead if we lack focus and have lost clear vision. Proverbs 29:18 (KJV) waves like a lantern before us: "Where there is no vision, the people perish!"

Lord, forgive our busyness. Lord, forbid that we would lose focus and have no vision. Lord, be our focus. Lord, be our Vision. Lord, don't let us perish. Let, Your presence be our Light and Life. Amen.

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A Renewed Vision

Where there is no vision, the people perish...
-- Proverbs 29:18a (KJV)

When our resources come to an end, a renewed vision of Who our God is -- as our Faithful Provider -- becomes very clear.

I've also heard it said that "scarcity brings clarity".

Click here: Ginny Owens - Be thou my vision - YouTube
(Ginny Owens is a completely blind singer from Mississippi)

Lord, be Thou my vision,
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Hang My Head... Up!

But you, O LORD, are a shield about me,
my glory, and the lifter of my head.
-- Psalm 3:3 (ESV)

But you, O Lord, are a shield around me;
You are my glory, the One who holds my head high.
-- Psalm 3:3 (NLT)

If you are going to hang your head, hang it up so you can see the face of God. -- My Dad, Billy C. Willis

Where there is no vision, the people perish.
-- Proverbs 29:18 (KJV)
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Vision from Brother Job (of all People)

Proverbs 29:18 (KJV) says : Where there is no vision, the people perish.

I've been reading lately from the Old Testament Book of Job and my heart is encouraged by what he could see with the eyes of his soul especially in the midst of his personal suffering that was too awful for words.

Yes, Job said this in Job 19, verses 25 and 27:

But as for me, I know my Redeemer lives and He will stand upon the earth at last... I will see Him for myself. Yes, I will see Him with my own eyes. I am overwhelmed at the thought.

Let's lift up our heads, my brother and sisters. Our Redeemer is Alive and Well! Yes, His Help is on the way. Our Deliverer is Coming! Are we overwhelmed at the thought?
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My All-Consuming Vision

Lord, give me the eyes of Your Spirit, Your heart of compassion to know. And I want You, Lord, to be my all-consuming vision. In the name of Jesus. Amen.

Where there is no vision, the people perish.
-- Proverbs 29:18 (KJV)

IF MY PEOPLE... WILL? I WILL! God's Promise in 2 Chron. 7:14.
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