Focus on the King

There He is- constant in His brightness,

reminds me of His righteousness,

His nobility and holiness,

God.
Seated on the highest throne

chose to disregard His own,

to make Himself the lowest, to the dirtiest, to the darkest,

like wading through sewage- that's not becoming of a king,

of royalty,

to roll His pants to his knees and wade into humanity,

to do what's necessary

to address what's wrong with me- wait, stop.

Please pause. Zoom in and freeze.

Let's pierce that perspective straight through:

It is too individualistic of a view

if you're only concerned with what needs to be healed inside of you,

your mind's attention, self-focused- you need an interception

because your focus is on you.

He is more than capable,

of completing the work He started,

so stand up, be faithful, with all of the gifts and talents,

all of the dreams and callings that He has imparted.

He came from the place of abundant life,

where there was nothing to resist His groove to thrive

and he brought that higher living, higher thinking, higher existing,

down to dirty sewage humanity.

And He sacrificed His comfort, to legally enable you and me,

to walk in more than victory,

more than mental stability, or sanity or peace of mind.

More than breaking our defective habits to try to live life.

They’re a waste of time.

Wasting time, wasting a life bought at the highest price.

If your focus is on you,

you won't even live a half-life.

You'll die without knowing, day in and day out

true life.

So stop it.

Focus on the Giver of Life.

For ten seconds, lay your mental processes down,

the crown of your own intellect.

I wouldn't tell you if I cared nothing for you

but I'm not about my own business.

I'm not about my own healing, own encouragement, own enlightenment,

like I used to be-

at the moment, I’m not focused on me.

I’m focused on the King.

I’m focused on the kingdom.

And right now it is meeting you face to face.

So let's practice what we preach

and focus on the King:

You, my Faithful Friend,

have all the enlightenment and inspiration

all the songs and words and paintings,

in Your heart, for You are creator.

So we will not worship the products of our hands,

or own minds, our intellect,

by pouring all of our emotion, adoration, and hope on them.

But instead we turn and focus,

against the current, there's resistance,

we will ourselves to gaze on You.

Just You, for You are Jesus.

Lord, please meet us, show us the reasons

why You are worthy of our focus.

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