“Let your eyes look straight ahead; fix your gaze directly before you.” — Proverbs 4:25 NIV

Our world bombards us with messages trying to recruit us into someone else’s cause. Turn on the television, dial into the radio, or scan a social media platform and you’ll be confronted with someone trying to convince you to join their passion for supporting some view or fighting against it. It’s been said that if you don’t stand for something, you’ll fall for anything.

A life without a definite aim is subject to other people’s persuasions. However, God did not create us to abandon our purpose for other people’s issues. Instead, it is in living our lives committed to our own personal convictions, that allows us to enjoy fulfillment in our days. Having identified what’s important to us, what we sense God has gifted us for, let’s stay focused ahead so we don’t get sidetracked by the misguiding influences around us.