Look Up

I'm reminded that I've not been posting much lately. Reflective of my extremely busy and tired state.
But I feel a need to share what has been breathed into my heart. For myself and hopefully for others,too.

So! The verse I "got" for this year is from Psalms 80. It is verse 3, 7, and 19.(anything good bears repeating)

"Restore us, O God;
Cause your face to shine,
And we shall be saved."

It is in meditation that the power of the message comes. This was a verse that just jumped out at me, caught my attention, before I realized why. I just KNEW, as one knows when God has spoken a truth to one's heart.

To me, it was an exciting "us" verse, which spoke to me of myself and my family.
And, I think, corporately to the Body of Christ.
But something I felt God was saying was that His face IS shining on us,but we are only transformed by it when we look up. When we take time to "fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith." It is there that we find our salvation. Not only our eternal salvation, but the saving grace of a changed life.
It's time to change our focus, from the negative circumstances to the beauty, radiant love of our Eternal God.

All this will pass. How will I live in it today depends largely on my focus.
Look Up!