MISPLACED FOCUS
It was the first rain of the season and my windshield got worse as I drove. It wasn’t long before my focus was on my windshield and how my wipers were doing. Then suddenly I realized that I was about to rear- end the back of a big semi truck and trailer! We have the same problem in the Church. Whenever we become so preoccupied with our own lives and how we are doing morally, or with our fellowship and study as ends in themselves, we have misplaced our focus. We forget what we are really about as Christ’s people and Body. The quality of life within the church and our faith really are vital, but they are there to free us to see the world more clearly, that God loves so dearly, in all of its stark need and pain, possibilities and potential. Just as when a family squabble in the car distracts us from the highway and the more important…
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