Spotting God 定睛焦点
Dexu Xia
You will keep in perfect peace those whose minds are steadfast, because they trust in you. Isaiah 26:3
A pirouette is a graceful spin that’s executed by ballerinas and contemporary dancers alike. As a child, I loved to do pirouettes in my modern dance class, whirling round and round until I was dizzy in the head and fell to the ground. As I got older, a trick I learned to help me maintain my balance and control was “spotting”—identifying a single point for my eyes to return to each time I made a full circle spin. Having a single focal point was all I needed to master my pirouette with a graceful finish.
We all face many twists and turns in life. When we focus on our problems, however, the things we encounter seem unmanageable, leaving us dizzy and heading toward a disastrous fall. The Bible reminds us that if we keep our minds steadfast, or focused, on God, He’ll keep us in “perfect peace” . Perfect peace means that no matter how many turns life takes, we can remain calm, assured that God will be with us through our problems and trials. He’s the “Rock eternal” (v. 4)—the ultimate “spot” to fix our eyes on—because His promises never change.
May we keep our eyes on Him as we go through each day, going to Him in prayer and studying His promises in the Scriptures. May we rely on God, our eternal Rock, to help us move gracefully through all of life.
What problems have you been focused on lately? What has God revealed in Scripture about the trials you face?
Dear heavenly Father, forgive me for focusing on the problems I face each day. I know You’ve conquered the world and remain bigger than my trials. Help me turn my eyes and heart to You in every circumstance
坚心倚赖祢的，祢必保守他十分平安，因为他倚靠祢。—以赛亚书26章3节
单脚尖旋转是芭蕾舞者和当代舞者优雅的转圈动作。小时候，我喜欢在现代舞蹈课上做单脚尖旋转，一圈又一圈地旋转，直到我头晕目眩地摔倒在地上。随着年龄的增长，我学会了一个保持平衡和控制的技巧，就是“定睛焦点”，即找一个视线的定点，每旋转一圈，目光就回到同一个定点。有了这单一的焦点，我就可以优雅地完成单脚尖旋转。
人生的旅途也是如此。我们都会面临许多波折，但若我们把焦点放在问题上，所遇到的事情会看似难以处理，使我们头昏眼花，最终难免会失败跌倒。圣经提醒我们，如果我们坚心倚赖上帝，单单定睛仰望祂，祂就会保守我们“十分平安”（以赛亚书26章3节）。十分平安意味着无论我们在生命中旋转了多少圈，都可以保持平稳，深信上帝会与我们一起度过这些困难和考验。祂是“永久的磐石”（4节），是我们终极的“定睛焦点”，因为祂的应许永不改变。
愿我们在每天的生活中都定睛仰望上帝，以祷告来到祂面前，从圣经中认识祂的应许。愿我们倚靠上帝，祂是永久的磐石，会帮助我们从容优雅地走过这人生旅途。
你最近将焦点放在哪些困难上？
对于你所面对的这些困难，上帝在圣经中有什么教导？
亲爱的天父，原谅我
将焦点放在每天遇到的问题上。
我知道祢已胜了这世界，祢大过我所面对的试验，
求祢帮助我在任何处境中都能专心倚赖祢。