Finding F.O.C.U.S – Day One

I admit it, my life lacks focus. There is a tendency to rush from one thing to the next without much thought. The majority of my life feels like the logistics planning of a battlefield deployment for my family, with a few fire drills thrown into the mix. My husband and I sit down for a few precious minutes at night or sometimes, unfortunately, in the rush of the morning to figure out who is driving which kid where and if either one of us have a night meeting or another obligation which would interrupt our plans.

I starting asking myself, what if I became more intentional with my life? What if instead of logistics planning, I started focusing on what is truly important and what God has called me to do? What if I became a laser beam of focus and let go of those things which aren’t serving me or driving me towards the path God has laid out for me?

Out of this thought process came the word focus. What does it mean to truly have focus in my life? So, I broke down each letter of F.O.C.U.S. to mean something and put direction in my life. I’ve broken out the word like this:

F = Finding Peace
O = Observing Our Habits
C = Christ Centered Life
U = Understanding God’s Role in Our Life
S = Simplify Our Lives

Over the next five days, there will be a post for each letter. See, I wrote the whole blog out and it was over three pages. Who wants to sit and read that in one sitting? I’d start skimming and would probably click off the page before the conclusion so I decided to make it into bite size chunks to savor each little tidbit of F.O.C.U.S. The first letter is “F” which means “Finding Peace.”

Day 1

F = Finding Peace: The peace I’m talking about doesn’t have to do with the absence of war. It had to do with inner peace. The mom in me, keeps see this scene from Kung Fu Panda, where the character Po is saying, “Inner peace, inner peace, inner peace, inner peace,” but doesn’t find it. There can be peace in the midst of a storm, either emotional or weather related.

The Bible says, in John 14:27, “Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.” God is the author of peace. He freely provides it if we seek time with Him. He wants to fill us with a peace which passes all understanding. Philippians 4:7 states, “And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.” Not only can we have peace, but it will guard our hearts and our minds. This peace will bring calm to our hearts and minds. Think of it as layer of protection from the bumps and bruises of life. We obtain this peace by spending time with God. How do we create this time with God? By creating habitats which leads to the next letter, O = Observing Our Habits, which we’ll talk about tomorrow.

Do you have a way of finding peace? Share it in the comments below to encourage others.

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