Life is Short: Focus on God and Dream with Him

Life is short.

Life’s too short to delay living how we were always meant to live.

We were created to live a life focused on God and spiritual things.

And the Lord wants us to dream big with Him.

Because life is short, God calls us to live a life focused on His purpose for us, the true desires of our heart, walking in the Spirit, and the path to righteous living.

So let’s look at 20 of these areas that help us live this kind of life with our God in this present world.

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(1.) Beginnings. “The point in time or space at which something starts.”(Google) The world, life, time and space all started with God. So it makes perfect sense to see God as the God of new beginnings. Every new day, job, venture, relationship, season, and so on starts with God, the best beginning to everything.

(2.) Forge new paths. Whether careers, direction, vision, mission, or ministry, remember who makes new paths. “See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland.” Isaiah 43:19 (NIV)

(3.) Dreams. Dream big ole’ ginormous things only God can pull off. He’s the biggest dreamer of all. Dream with God, you and Him dream best together. 

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(4.) Do-overs. Sometimes we get to do something over, other times it’s impossible. Like we cannot undo the past, what’s done is done. But every new day presents opportunities to change our actions, reactions, perspective, words, and outlook.

(5.) Second chances. Everyone hopes for a second chance after forgetting something, messing up, hurting someone, or sinning against God. And we may ask others for a second chance or give them a second chance.  But, without doubt, we serve a God of second chances and countless chances. 

(6.) Wholeness. We were made for wholeness, but we learned brokenness in life, being born into a broken world. Still, Jesus makes us whole in every way. “For in him the whole fullness of deity dwells bodily, and you have been filled in him, who is the head of all rule and authority.” Colossians 2:9-10 (ESV)

Living Life Focused

(7.) Abundant life. Do you realize abundant life started the moment you received Christ as Lord? Focusing on God means embracing the spiritually abundant life Jesus promised to us. “I came that they may have life and have it abundantly.” John 10:10b (ESV)

(8.) Joy. Life’s too short to live without the kind of joy that can’t be taken away from us and isn’t based on our circumstances. Jesus told us to abide in His love and keep God’s commandments so that “my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be full.” John 15:11b (ESV)

(9.) Peace. Who doesn’t need peace in this world? Peace from the Prince of Peace. “You will keep in perfect peace those whose minds are steadfast, because they trust in you.” Isaiah 26:3 (NIV)

(10.) Love God and People. What really matters at the end of our life is loving God and people. “There’s no other commandment greater than these.” Mark 12:31b (ESV) 

(11.) Stay in the Word. Nothing anchors us more in an uncertain world than a God who is trustworthy and true to His Word.

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Life is Short: Focus on the Lord

(12.) Hope in the Hope-giver. One of the best ways to focus on God is to grab ahold of His hope, the only true hope among all the false hope life throws at us.

(13.) Depend on God. Culture says we are weak if we need help and we can’t pull ourselves up by our own bootstraps. God says, “Look to the hills, where does your help come from? From Me the God of heaven and earth.” (See Psalm 121:1)

(14.) Stand on holy ground. Do we stand on God’s promises and truth over the wisdom and pleasures of this world? Are we shifting ground from this world’s opinions to holy ground?

(15.) Walk by faith. Our faith is unstoppable when we trust in an unstoppable God who does bigger and better things than anyone or any god.

(16.) Trust a God who’s faithful. Great is His faithfulness! 

Focus on Spiritual Things

(17.) Fruit of the Spirit. Are we growing year by year in spiritual fruit? “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.” Galatians 5:22-23 (ESV)

Are we growing year by year in spiritual fruit? “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control.” Galatians 5:22-23 (NIV) Click To Tweet

(18.) Prayer. Prayer releases our burdens to God. The Lord has a strong shoulder for the burdens heaped upon us from people, the world and hardships.

(19.)  Invest in the Kingdom. Reach the lost, make disciples, pour into others, and help the needy. 

(20.) Hold on to Jesus. No matter what the future holds, we cling to Christ with all our might as He holds on to us! 

Ask God to help you focus on Him in this life. Which focus areas spoke to you the most?

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