KEEP YOUR EYES ON THE PRIZE

Leckieville Freewill Baptist Church

As I continue to grow and mature in life, and in the Lord, I have discovered that in order to achieve success, or attain a goal, you must have a fixed mind. In planning a brighter tomorrow you must anticipate the many pitfalls and potholes that you have to encounter on the road of life. I’ve also learned that anything that is worthwhile is bound to be a bitter battle. To reach the top, you must have your eyes and your mind focused on the same thing.

Israel was in the wilderness on their way to Canaan. But they had begun to face some very bitter experiences along the way. They were frightened to the extent that they began to think about the times when they use to sit by the flesh pots of Egypt, and sing and eat. They became discouraged before they had hardly gotten started. They had been on the road only a few days, and but a few miles from Sinai. But yet, because they had missed a meal of two, they wanted to go back to the slave camps of Egypt
They looked one way and thought another. They talked freedom, but thought slavery. They started out watching God as. He leads them by the cloud by day and the fire by night. But at the same time they held onto Pharaoh’s hand. Canaan and Egypt were in the same valley but in extreme opposite directions. To reach one, you had to turn your back on the other.

So many times we’d rather settle for the muck and the mire of this world, than to strive for the pursuit and possession of the Promised Land. So many times in the body of Christ we can’t reach Canaan because we’re simply too busy thinking about Egypt. Yes, our eyes are on Canaan, but our minds are on Egypt.

Bro Lee