Vision

I am praying for a vision... I don't want this to be a personal project, emotion driven, and self-centered in my experience and my relationships... I want a direct link to God's heart and His passion for His children in this country.

Why is it such a struggle to keep my mind and attention on the One who needs to stay the center? In today's article from 'My Utmost for His Highest', Oswald Chambers writes about the temptation of not only sin... but the temptation of "shifting our point of view" and how this makes us lose "what God has put into us through regeneration (being reborn)... the possibility of being of value to God."

2 Corinthians 4:16~17

Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.

This passage reminded me of the missioanries I met in Tanzania... mainly cause Missionary Choi, Missionary Yang, and Missionary Yoon (JooGang's Father) were always struggling with physical hurts and weariness. "What is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal". I guess I still have a long way to go before I can solely focus on God, the unseen, and eternal things...because the visible things are always a distraction, constantly invading my thoughts and taking up my time.

I am struggling with keep God the center, but my attention goes to why my physical world, none of these things are bad or unworthy...but unworthy of being the center.

Man, I need to pray.