Having the eagle's eye

By Harry Tawiah Ussher

On several occasions, I have found myself driving into a ditch, nearly hitting a cow or bumping into another car while driving because I was not focused on the road. To focus in life is to reach your goals. To focus on life is to end well. To focus on life is to have victories. The reason why many people are living in regret is because they did not focus when they had the opportunity to do something meaningful in their lives. In life, it is not every opportunity that presents itself twice. This is why one must focus on whatever presents itself per season and time, and focus on fulfilling the purpose for which it came about.

I met a young man five years ago who had the opportunity to travel to Malaysia to study journalism, but he squandered the opportunity and came back with nothing. According to him, the government of Botswana sponsored him as it does other citizens but when he got there, he lost focus and resulted in a lot of drinking which eventually led to missing a lot of classes which led to returning with no qualifications. There is an African proverb that says, “All the fingers are not equal” which means that do not compare yourself with anyone.

A quiet number of us find ourselves in a certain environment and lose focus as to why we are there and begin to compare ourselves with others. Meanwhile, we come from poor backgrounds where our successful execution of that chance can take us from poverty to the next level of life.

Do you know that most people have wills written down for them already by their parents? So whether they pass secondary form or did not have the opportunity to go to university, doesn’t determine what will become of them. Knowing your background should motivate you to take life and opportunities a little more seriously than the next person.

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Let your eyes look straight ahead; fix your gaze directly before you.

In Nehemiah 6:3, we see that the Man of God was focused on his assignment that he did not honor unnecessary invitations. May you be like Nehemiah where your assignment on earth is more important to you than mingling with useless people going nowhere in life.

so I sent messengers to them with this reply: “I am carrying on a great project and cannot go down. Why should the work stop while I leave it and go down to you?”

Being focused in life does not mean that you will not go through challenges. Because there will be dogs that will bark and scare us from moving forward, our determination is very important as to what we want to achieve. Sometimes the devil will bring our way hired “assassins” to try to kill us before our time or slow down our pace, but it is up to us whether to give up or not.

If you lack focus in life ask the Holy Spirit to help you keep focus in everything you are doing. If you have lost opportunities as a result of lack of focus, may the good Lord give you a second chance in Jesus name.

STAY FOCUSED.

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