Focus. Meditation. Obsession.
Focus. Meditation. Obsession.
Call it whatever you want.
Repeating something over and over and over again in our minds... It's what either DRIVES us or DEFEATS us.
Paul had a laser beam focus...
"No, dear brothers and sisters, I have not achieved it, but I focus on this one thing: Forgetting the past and looking forward to what lies ahead, I press on to reach the end of the race and receive the heavenly prize for which God, through Christ Jesus, is calling us." (Philippians 3:13-14 NLT)
Paul's focus?
FORGETTING THE PAST AND LOOKING FORWARD TO WHAT LIES AHEAD.
Paul couldn't spend his life replaying all his past sin in his mind, or he'd have been defeated. (Persecuting Christians, holding the coats of men that were murdering his soon-to-be family, competing for God's affection by tearing other people down... And you think YOUR past is bad?!)
And thank God he didn't. Or we likely wouldn't have 2/3 of the New Testament.
Follow his example today.
And see how the freedom feels!