A Small Piece of the Picture

I have noticed that when I walk I sometimes have a tendency to keep my focus on my feet. I can be a little clumsy, and I want to avoid tripping over something in the way...or the air.

I realized one day while I was walking that that's how people tend to act. While we do keep our focus on God, we often have to keep our focus on one particular issue (like not tripping) and so we miss the bigger picture. We can only see one small piece of the puzzle. We often keep our focus on the journey, rather than the destination.

But God sees it all. He can see where we are, our destination, how we'll get there, and why we need to be at each particular stop along the way. I don't think God focuses on where we are in the way we tend to do, because He can see where we will be. At times we are so focused on where we are, and our problems that we forget to look for the big picture. "Where is God in all of this?"

It is important for us to remember that He knows what He is doing, and that we need to keep our focus on Him, rather than looking down at our feet.
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"'Come,' he said. Then Peter got down out of the boat, walked on the water and came toward Jesus. But when he saw the wind, he was afraid and, beginning to sink, cried out, 'Lord, save me!' Immediately Jesus reached out his hand and caught him. 'You of little faith,' he said, 'why did you doubt?'" (Matthew 14:29-31).