Focus

1 Samuel 30:6

"And David was greatly distressed; for the people spake of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters: but David encouraged himself in the LORD his God."

Where is my focus?

"If your eyes are on the storm, you'll wonder if I love you still. But if you eyes are on Me, you'll know I always have and I always will."

David was wept right along side each of his men. His family had been captured just like the other men. He cried until he couldn't cry anymore. A profound grief that consumed his men and drove them to want to kill their own leader.

But David encouraged himself in the Lord his God. Nothing else would do. No pep talk, no "double shot", nothing but drawing closer to God. That is where his courage came from, a trust in the One week

Who is always completely in control.

What is my focus? Do I look for God's hand in everything that happens? Ask, "How is He working?" Instead of "Why me?"