Setting Our Gaze

I love the statement "where we set our gaze is where we will wind up going" because of how true it is in terms of our relationship with Christ. If we take our gaze off of Him we begin to swerve to the left or to the right and being to veer off the path that we had intended to go. So many things around us try and fight for out attention. It reminds me of how while driving I can get a bunch of text messages and I know I shouldn't answer them not only because it is illegal but because of how dangerous it is to put my eyes on my phone. And, so many times I have taken my eyes off the road and put them on my phone to answer a response that I could have done at a later time and I find that if most of my attention is not on the road I will begin to drift just slightly... I'm not saying I am a bad driver but we all have our moments where if we start to lose focus on what is in front of us we begin to leave the road that is in front of us. So my prayer is that God will forgive me in those times when I do lose focus and that by His Spirit help me to continue to keep my gaze upon Him.