What Are You Looking At?
When we find ourselves going through trials, we often have the question “Why Me?” going through our heads. We often focus on ourselves and our circumstances. We often adopt a “victim mentality” as our viewpoint.
But this in not where God calls us to look.
God calls us to fix our eyes on Him, not on our circumstances. He calls us to cling to Him, not our ‘stuff’.
Carlos Whittaker has a song on his Ragamuffin Soul album called We Will Worship You that sets this idea to music. He took the chorus lyrics from a prayer… a prayer from the Book of Puritan Prayers. But it’s still so very applicable (if not more so) today than when it was first penned.
Here are the lyrics to We Will Worship You:
We fix our eyes on You, You are God alone
We fix our eyes on You, You’re our only hope
For all we have to lose is our very souls
Save us from these comforts
Break us of our need for the familiar
Spare us any joy that’s not of You
And we will worship You
Yeah we will worship You
Satisfy us Lord in Your unfailing love
Satisfy us Lord that You would be enough
We have nothing here let Your kingdom come
Save us from these comforts
Break us of our need for the familiar
Spare us any joy that’s not of You
And we will worship You
Yeah we will worship You
Hallelujah hallelujah
Hallelujah hallelujah
© 2009 Carlos Whittaker | Jason Ingram
I urge you to really read those words and really, truly think about them. When we fix our eyes on our circumstances, on those around us, or on the ‘stuff’ in out lives that bring us comfort it means that we are taking our eyes off of Jesus. When we take our eyes off of Jesus, we begin to sink in the waves of the storm that surrounds us.
However, when we fix our eyes on Jesus, we can do anything. We can walk through any storm. We can thrive and live a life of abundance.
What comforts are taking your focus? What circumstances are distracting you from God? What joys are in your life that aren’t from God? Are you always striving for more ‘stuff’ to satisfy your cravings? Or are you satisfied with God – His unfailing love, His grace, His holiness?
This is the prayer of my heart today – that I would be satisfied that God is enough. That I will boldly walk into unfamiliar territory with my eyes and my heart firmly fixed on God and His plan for me.
That through it all I will choose to worship God rather than me. That I would focus on God instead of my circumstances. That the joys in my life will come from His hand and with His blessing. That He would be enough.
It just keeps coming back to perspective.
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