Where are you looking?

This week has been full of all the things and tomorrow is our Savored summer worship downtown. And I can honestly tell you that Satan has been up to no good! I won't go into too much detail but he definitely did not want this event to happen and used several people to try and stop it. Good thing that God's will always prevails! So the event is still happening. But the Lord used my stressful week and turned it into good. He asked me " Where are you looking?". Now I always try to find the bright side of things and I really do try to stay positive. I try and always put my faith in Jesus and I know in my heart that "He's got this!" But this week, i must confess, my eyes slipped downward. I lost my focus on Jesus and took my gaze to the world. I became so frustrated with people and things that happened. I literally just wanted to shut my eyes and scream. The thoughts circled around in my head.... How can someone be so hateful? What did I do to deserve this? Why are they out to get me? Maybe I'm not good enough.. Maybe I can't do this. Maybe I should just quit. But through God's goodness he got my attention by asking me that one simple question..." Where are you looking?" and the only answer I could give back... I was looking down, I was looking around, and I was simply not looking by closing my eyes. At that point, I fixed my eyes on Jesus and laid my worries and frustrations at His feet. I looked up! and He began to show me all the good that He had done this week and revealed that He was in the madness! After all the disappoint that I'm sure the Lord felt with me... He even chose to bless me with a new opportunity that very day. (More on that later) So my encouragement to you is to open your eyes and your heart! Let God use all those nasty people, those hard situations, those endless worries, and those feelings of insecurity to show you that He is up to something good. He is always there waiting on you to focus on Him and he will handle the rest. Eyes UP!