Forgetting to Focus

     Have you ever taken a picture with a 35 mm camera, but forgot to focus? What was the result? If you were lucky, you got a picture that still looked okay. If you weren't quite as lucky, you had a wasted shot. With film, that meant that you could never recapture that moment. From this illustration, we know that focus is important.

     When the United States first entered the War on Terror back in 2001, there was a singular focus - Get Osama Bin Laden and Saddam Hussein. Both of those objectives have been accomplished, yet over 50 thousand U.S. personnel remain in Iraq, and we are still actively engaged militarily in Afghanistan. The U.S. government has lost focus. The result is that the troops continue to die, because there are now multiple ideas regarding the goals of our involvement across the seas. Losing focus can be deadly. Just ask the parents of our young men and women who have returned to our shores in flag-draped coffins.

     As Christians, we also should have a singular focus - to get ourselves and as many others to heaven as possible. Unfortunately, all too many of us wearing that holy name have lost focus. We are now mired down in this world, arguing over different ideas/ideals and goals. The result is much more significant than a ruined picture, or even physical death. The result is spiritual death. Literally millions are dying everyday without hearing the Gospel. This should not be! The first century church had a singular focus and was able to evangelize the entire known world. In this day and age, we have no excuse for not doing the same.

     
May God Bless you as you re-examine your focus!  - Robert