A couple of years ago, my husband and I took a motorcycle defensive driving course.  It had been a goal of mine to someday drive a motorcycle, but I wanted to learn to drive one well.  It was not an easy course!  You had to drive through different obstacle courses, start on ramp (without going backwards), drive at walking speed while keeping the bike from wobbling etc.  I won’t tell you everything I learned and I won’t mention that at the end of the two days, I passed the course, but my husband didn’t (oops!), what I want to share with you is something the instructor told us which I have often thought about since, because it can apply to so many areas in our life.  He said (and this was referring to when you are going around a curve in the road) , “Always be looking where you want to go !” You will always go where your eyes are looking!

The bible has a lot to say about where we should be looking.  Here are just 2 verses:

Hebrews 12:2  ”Keep your eyes on Jesus, who both began and finished this race we’re in. Study how He did it. Because He never lost sight of where He was headed – that exhilarating finish in and with God – He could put up with anything along the way: cross, shame, whatever. And now He’s there, in the place of honour, right alongside God. When you find yourselves flagging in your faith, go over that story again, item by item, that long litany of hostility He plower through. That will shoot adrenaline into your souls!”

Psalm 34:5 ” Those who look to Him (God) are radiant; their faces are never covered with shame.”

We’re not just talking about an occasional glance here, but a choice to keep focused on God and His will for our lives and what He has done for us.  Let me ask you this…Do you look more at what you’ve done wrong? or at what God has done right?  If you are always looking at your shortcomings and failures, you’ll eventually want to dig a hole and climb right in! But if you are looking at the good things God has done and begin to praise Him and thank Him, you’ll be amazed what this will do for your soul!