Do you need help with focus?
Don’t let anyone capture you with empty philosophies and high-sounding nonsense that come from human thinking and from the spiritual powers of this world, rather than from Christ. Colossians 2:8
Lord Jesus,
Forgive us for wasting our time and our brain space
with all sorts of
“empty philosophies and high-sounding nonsense”
that fill the screens we gaze upon.
We scroll and scroll,
looking for the next new thing,
some great idea,
never realizing how many of the thoughts we consume
come from “human thinking”
or ”the spiritual powers of this world.”
Draw our gaze instead to you,
the One in whom God’s fullness dwells
in a human body (Col. 1:19).
As we look on you,
may we see that if you dwell in us,
if we call you Savior,
we have been “buried with you in baptism,”
and now we have been “raised with you
through faith
in the powerful working of God” (Col. 2:12).
Because of this mind-boggling truth,
we can walk freely,
forgiven,
in you,
and we can live for you,
loving you and loving others with all we do.
That’s really the only reality
we need to focus on today or any day.
In your saving name. Amen.
Read Colossians 2:1-23.
