Maintaining Our Focus!

I know, my God, that you test the heart and are pleased with integrity. All these things I have given willingly and with honest intent. And now I have seen with joy how willingly your people who are here have given to you. LORD, the God of our fathers Abraham, Isaac and Israel, keep these desires and thoughts in the hearts of your people forever, and keep their hearts loyal to you. Then David said to the whole assembly, “Praise the LORD your God.” So they all praised the LORD, the God of their fathers; they bowed down, prostrating themselves before the LORD and the king. 1 Chronicles 29:17,18, 20 NIV

Do we know who our God is that we can keep our focus on Him?

Our God--the One who created all things and without whom--nothing was ever created.

Our God--the God of heaven and the bible.

Our God--who is love and loves us so much He willingly sacrificed Himself when He came in the flesh of man--His Son--to take our sins upon Him, that we might have eternal life.

Our God--the One who provides for our every need.

Our God--the One who provides us with wisdom from Him, and never thinks little of us because we asked for more wisdom.

Our God--the One who heals all our sicknesses and diseases.

Our God--the One who forgives our sins when we repent and seek Him.

Our God--the only One who has prepared a place for us to spend eternity with Him.

David understood the significance of making a distinction when talking about The Lord, Our God, because so many were worshiping gods they made with their own hands and thought those things they made had power. They worshiped their gods with human sacrifices and burning children--thinking (influenced by the god of this world--Satan) that their sacrifices would mean something or save them from something. They did not realize that nothing made by the hands of man has the power to save anyone from the wrath of God--who removes His hand of protection when we choose to go our own way--rejected Him and His wisdom.

It is not that God destroys anyone or anything, but that He allows the destruction because of our disobedience. And there are some now who think we are headed for destruction because of this election cycle. This election cycle--has proven and revealed where the hearts of people really are. Satan has truly blinded some to the truth by wrapping up the wolf in the guise of being a Christian--who doesn't even know what the term means. More hatred and vitriol has been spewed towards others who disagree with the candidates and their supporters than I've ever seen.

I am absolutely sure--God is not pleased with our behavior and I am just as sure that we shall all feel His wrath when He removes His hand of protection and we find ourselves captured--held in bondage-by allowing the enemy to influence our decisions.

So, what do we mere mortals do? We maintain our focus on God's Word and living it so others will know who we are--not by what we say, but by what we do--aligning our lives with The Word. We stay positive and when the negative nannies throw venom our way, we stop the flow with love and correction, turning the focus to Him, not us.

God is love--and for any who do not know how to love those walking the earth, they cannot love God. My choice in this election cycle is following the dictates of Holy Spirit who will only speak as God directs.