{"id":207,"date":"2009-01-09T15:39:00","date_gmt":"2009-01-09T20:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/example.org\/walk-the-line-in-2009"},"modified":"2009-01-09T15:39:00","modified_gmt":"2009-01-09T20:39:00","slug":"walk-the-line-in-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/2009\/01\/walk-the-line-in-2009.html","title":{"rendered":"Focusing on one thing"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Focus\" “… this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus”<\/em> (Philippians 3:13-14 KJV).<\/p>\n

The apostle Paul said, “This one thing I do.” He didn’t say, “These 100 things I dabble in.”<\/p>\n

I think it was Andrew Carnegie who said, “You’ve heard it said, ‘Don’t put all your eggs in one basket.’ But I say do put them all in one basket, then watch them until they hatch!”<\/p>\n

In this chaotic world I long for something simple, something I can focus on. What I really need is an organizing principle, something that guides my “yes” and “no” responses to all the voices that cry out for my attention.<\/p>\n

At the end of every year I try to take a break and check my life alignment. You know, every year you have to get your car inspected, get your front-end realigned. Why shouldn’t your life deserve at least equal consideration?<\/p>\n

So, I’ve decided that this year’s motto is: “Get your life in line in 2009.” Or maybe (while humming like Johnny Cash in the background) “Let’s walk the line in 2009.”<\/p>\n

How do we do that? Paul says we need to focus on one thing: Jesus. We must look at every aspect of our lives and consider whether it “lines” up with being a disciple of Jesus. Forget the distractions and with laser-like focus make following Jesus in all things the goal.<\/p>\n

Focusing on Jesus is the one thing I want to do.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“… this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus” (Philippians 3:13-14 KJV). The apostle Paul said, “This one thing I do.” He didn’t say, “These 100<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1659,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"location":[],"class_list":["post-207","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=207"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=207"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=207"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=207"},{"taxonomy":"location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/location?post=207"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}