Where's Your Focus?

So let me start off with a little story to make my point. While I have been on my trip to the States, I met someone and we started talking. She found out that I had three children and she said she was jealous that I could workout for just one hour or less and be as fit as I am, yet she often went to the gym for way more than an hour and was still struggling to lose weight, and has struggled all her life. My comment, "Where's your focus?".

You maybe asking, "what?" at this point. So, let me explain, and just so you know this is not really a fitness blog, it covers all areas of life in general...so if you are not into fitness, that's ok, keep reading...although, you should be :), this is just a good example from which to start. Let's break up our day into relative percentages. Let's say that a 24 hour period is 100% (I am not good at math so this has to be easy for me), this lady did a workout for 1 hour a day, lets say this is just 10% of her day. Yet, her focus is on the 10%. She's upset because she is not getting her results that she wants from the effort she puts forth from something that takes only 10% of her day. Yet, she expects it to have an effect on her entire body and life. Her focus is all wrong. The focus needs to be on 100% of her day if her fitness level, body, health, weight, and nutrition are going to change. The difference between her and my results is not so much in our workouts as it is in the other 90% of our day. For instance, I never go a day without Shakeology, I eat by the 80/20 principle, and try to purchase organic as much as possible. Are you still expecting that if you give fitness and nutrition 10% of your day it will change 100% of what you look and feel like? It doesn't work that way. You must make it a part of who you are, not 5-10% of what you do.

Spiritual Life

Ever wonder why you just can't seem to get where you want to be spiritually? Ever wonder why it is that you don't seem as in line with the Lord as you think you should be or thought you would be? Ask yourself the same question? What's my percentage? How much of my day is filled with Him? Do I only give him 5%, my thirty minutes in the morning, prayer to thank Him for my food, and then praying when I am in distress? Or do I consult with Him about every move I make, do I try to honor Him throughout my entire day, do I "Love the Lord [my] God with all [my] heart, with all [my] soul, and with all [my] strength... [Do I] Repeat [his commands] to [my] children. Talk about them when [I] sit in [my] house and when [I] walk along the road, when [I] lie down and when [I] get up. [Do I] Bind them as a sign on [my] hand and let them be a symbol on [my] forehead. Write them on the doorposts of [my] house and on [my] gates [?]" (HSCB, Deuteronomy 6:5, 7-9). In general, are you making the Lord, the lord of your life, giving him 100% of your life? Or are you expecting that if you give him 5-10% of your time He'll change

100% of your life? It doesn't work that way.

No matter what part of your life you are struggling in, fitness, relationship with the Lord, marriage, work, school, or friendships ask yourself these questions: "What's my percentage? Where's my focus?"

What you give your percentage to, gives insight into who you are and what is important to you. If you take a serious account of your percentages and you don't like the results, it's never too late to change. Luckily, God promises us this,

"Come to Me, all of you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. All of you take up my yoke (wisdom) and learn from Me, because I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for yourselves. For My yoke (wisdom) is easy and My burden is light" (HCSB, Matthew 11:28-30).

God promises that when we come to Him, and we seek Him, our efforts will not return void. "Now if any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives to all generously and without criticizing, and it will be given to him" (James 1:5). We are never alone in our efforts to live life in a God-honoring manner.

If you are off in areas of your life, than find out what your percentages are, and change your focus. Ten percent focus = 10% results, 100% focus = 100% results! Don't let your focus be on the 10% but on 100%. Give your all and nothing less, and those are the kind of results you can expect.

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