Focus On That One Thing

Focus On That One Thing

It is important to focus on that ONE thing ---- the ONE assignment that God has called us to do. We cannot fulfill every need that demands our attention. People will always want you to meet their needs. Don't let guilt trap you to meet theirs.

Be firm to decline in helping others, if it distracts you from going after your assignment. 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐆𝐨𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐨. If everyone focuses on their assignments, every need will be met.

𝐁𝐔𝐓 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈 𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐭 meet all those needs and demands. When you decline to help, you will face accusations. People will say that you are not loving and they try to guilt-trip you. You cannot please everyone since you are only supposed to please God (Ahem... and your wife lol).

𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐆𝐨𝐝-𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 even if you are NOT helping others because it takes away your time from going after your assignment. When we fail to walk out the fullness of our assignment, we FAIL to love people in that capacity.

When they found Him, they said to Him, “Everyone is looking for You.” But He said to them, “𝐋𝐞𝐭 𝐮𝐬 𝐠𝐨 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐱𝐭 𝐭𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐬, that I may preach there also, because 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐮𝐫𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐈 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡.” - Mark 1:37-38

Now when it was day, He departed and went into a deserted place. And the crowd sought Him and came to Him, and tried to keep Him from leaving them; but He said to them, “I must preach the kingdom of God to the other cities also, 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐮𝐫𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐈 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭.” - Luke 4:42-43

There were so many needs among the crowd. People needed Jesus' help. 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐉𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐬 𝐰𝐚𝐬𝐧'𝐭 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐬. 𝐇𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐅𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫'𝐬 𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐇𝐢𝐦. He was focused with that ONE thing. Jesus set His face to go to Jerusalem (Luke 9:51). He wasn't distracted by the needs around Him, because there would be endless needs to meet.

Martha tried to guilt-trip both Jesus and Mary. She wanted Mary to help her. She also reckoned that Jesus did not care for her.

Yet Jesus said, "𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐝, and Mary has chosen that good part, which will not be taken away from her." - Luke 10:42

Let's learn to say NO to others and 𝐘𝐄𝐒 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐎𝐍𝐄 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠.