Fixing your Eyes, Not your Emotions

Learning To Fix My Eyes, Not My Feelings:  Three Essential Practices

How do we practically train our eyes to focus on faith rather than feelings? Three disciplines prove essential:

1. Direct Your Eyes on the Promise, Not the Problem

Every promise God has spoken in His Word deserves our attention and focus. When problems loom large, threatening to overwhelm our perspective, we must intentionally redirect our gaze to what God has promised. The problem is temporary; the promise is eternal. The problem is limited; God's promise is limitless.

2. Devote Your Attention to the Purpose, Not the Pain

When you know your purpose—why God placed you here, what He's called you to accomplish—that purpose must become your primary focus. Pain demands attention, but purpose deserves devotion. Interestingly, when you devote attention to your purpose, the pain takes a back seat. You become spiritually numb to certain distractions because you've entered a realm where eternal purposes override temporary discomfort.

3. Delight in His Plan for You, Not Your Current Placement

Your current situation isn't your final destination. God's plan for you extends far beyond your present circumstances. You might be going through something challenging right now, but it's just current—temporary, not permanent. When you know something is only temporary, you can look forward with confidence to what's permanent.

The Enemy's Strategy

Understanding spiritual warfare helps us recognize why fixing our eyes matters so urgently. The devil's goal is to keep you from making it to midnight—to discourage you in the mourning (M-O-U-R-N-I-N-G) so you won't find joy in the morning (M-O-R-N-I-N-G).

We must learn to prophesy our midnight, speaking life and truth over our situations even before breakthrough comes. Midnight or morning happens the moment you fix your eyes on Jesus. It's not about a time on the clock; it's about aligning with God's eternal perspective.