Do you have the right focus in 2020 ? 2Tim.4:10

For Demas has forsaken me for the love of this present world... " A man bought a hunting dog. Anxious to see how good he was, he took him to hunt a bear. In few minutes after they arrived in the forest, the dog was tracking a bear. Suddenly he stopped, smelled the ground and changed direction. He detected a deer scent who intersected the path of the bear. After few moments, the dog stopped again, smelled the ground, and took another direction, because he smelled a rabbit who intersected the path of the deer. Finally, the hunter chasing after his dog, who changed directions over and over again, found him barking triumphantly over a nest of field mice. We, as Christians do the same as the hunting dog . Every beginning of each year we start with great resolutions, to give Christ the first place in our lives, to live for Him, but very soon our attention and lives are attracted by the little and insignificant things of this world, and by the end of the year we see ourselves drifted away from the initial goals. If we are not dedicating ourselves every day to Christ, Bible and prayer, we will be attracted by the lust of the flesh., the lust of the eyes and pride of life. We must cease to blame field mice. Break your fellowship with the world or the world will break your fellowship with Christ. Do not love the world or the things in the world . The friendship with the world is enmity with God. Whoever therefore wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God. (James 4:4) Loving the world make us adulterers and adulteresses. Have the right focus and be persistent to it. Have your eyes fixed on Jesus, the Author and Finisher of your faith.

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