Staying Focused
by: Travis Arrant
The other day, I noted this church sign: “Cross eyed people have the best vision”. I
pondered the message as I continued to drive and thought about its implications for our
lives. I realized more than ever, we need to be living with our eyes focused on Jesus and
what He went through for us on that cross. Jesus needs to be the top priority.
Paul proclaimed, “I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ
lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who
loved me and gave Himself for me” (Galatians 2:20).
Yet, America and the world are so trying to get Jesus out of the picture. In our federal
government today, prayers to God are not concluded in Jesus’s name because that would be offensive to other religions. Jesus stated, “For whoever is ashamed of Me and My words in
this adulterous and sinful generation, of him the Son of Man also will be ashamed when He
comes in the glory of His Father with the holy angels” (Mark 8:38).
All my life, B.C. was used to note “before Christ” and A.D. was for “anno domini” which
means “in the year of our Lord”. This is how time was marked: counting toward Jesus’s
coming to earth and after Jesus’s birth. Now, this is not politically correct and is being
replaced by B.C.E. (before common era) and C.E. (common era). I researched “the why”
and discovered it was to remove Jesus from the world’s marking of time.
“The fool has said in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt, and have done
abominable iniquity; There is none who does good” (Psalms 53:1). Paul in Romans 1:21
noted, “because, although they knew God, they did not glorify Him as God, nor were
thankful, but became futile in their thoughts, and their foolish hearts were darkened”.
Let us make sure we stay “cross eyed” and not lose our focus in this perverse, crooked
world.
Stay true to the Word,
Brother Travis
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