Tag: Encouragement

~ The Immense Power of Intense Focus. ~

Many years ago I used to get Very painful cramp in my legs.
Quite often I'd get the cramp in places like my hamstring, around my shin area and in my feet & toes. Sometimes I would wake up and the pain was  so severe that I couldn't stand up.

I tried All sorts of things to get rid of it such as gently moving my legs, trying to stretch it, rubbing it, my Wife even tried massaging it, but no matter what I did it took a Long time before the cramp went away, and it would sometimes come back again soon after, and ache for a long time.

Then one day I heard about the Importance of 'Intense Focus' on Jesus.
It wasn't actually about getting rid of pain or cramp, it was a general guidance of how 'Intense Focus' can Help with many things.

The next time I got cramp in my leg, I Decided to 'Give it a Try'.

I Imagined Jesus stood 'With Me' in the room. I Didn't think about the pain. I just 'Focused Totally' on Jesus. I Didn't even think about Jesus Healing me or anything like that. 
I simply 'Focused' on the 'Loving & Gentle' Character of who Jesus is.

Within a short space of time, probably less than a minute, the pain had 'Gone'.
There wasn't even any sign of pain or aching. It had all 'Gone'.

I lay there with tears of Joy in my eyes as I said 'Thank You' to Jesus for His 'Amazing Power' and His Wonderful 'Healing Love'. 

I was Truly Grateful that I had been Blessed with Experiencing the 
'Immense Power' of God's Son.

The next time I got cramp, I 'Immediately' Focused on Jesus.
The cramp 'Immediately' disappeared.
There was not even any aching when it had gone.

But the next time I got cramp, while I was 'Focusing on Jesus' and the pain was going, I lost my 'Focus' and thought about the cramp.
Straight away the pain 'Shot' back into my leg.

I realised what is meant by 'Intense Focus on Jesus'. It means 'Focusing Entirely' on Jesus, and 'Nothing Else'.

There Really is a Lot of Power in Your Thoughts.

Through 'Intense Focus' on Jesus, and 'Only Jesus', He Healed my pain.

He has also done something to Help in my legs as I haven't had cramp for a 'Very Long' time.

Jesus Really Does have 'Immense Power', but You need to Trust Him Completely with 'Intense Focus' to Experience His Power.

I've also seen the 'Negative' side to 'Focusing' on the 'Wrong' things, and the consequences of it.
Many years ago my Wife and I were travelling to visit a garden for a Relaxing day out and then staying the night.
The women who was driving us there had a Very Negative Attitude about driving on busy roads

There was some roadworks on the route we were travelling and it was diverted through a town centre.

The women 'Focused' on her Fear of busy roads and became Very Panicky. She 'Negatively' expected that other drivers were going to drive into her and crash.
The traffic was actually very slow moving and non of the other drivers were being aggressive or anything bad, but the women was Panicking the entire way through the town centre. She kept Assuming the worst and wouldn't listen to any advice to help her.

The Truth is , there was Nothing to be worrying about, Nothing bad happened. But the women Continued 'Focusing' on her Fear, even after we had got out of the town and onto quiet roads.

By the time we arrived, the women had worked herself up so much that she got out and was Physically Sick. She got a Very bad headache and felt so ill that after being Sick again a few more times, she decided to go home.

She 'Missed Out' on a Relaxing day out, all because she 'Intensely Focused' on her Fear.

These are just two examples of 'Intense Focus', both Positive and Negative, and the Effects of them.

I've seen Lots of other things that demonstrate the Power of what You 'Focus' on, either in a Good way, or a bad way.

I saw an elderly couple who had wanted to move house for many years because the place they lived was horrible.
They were Blessed with a Wonderful opportunity to move, but when problems cropped up they 'Focused' on the problems and all the things that 'Might' go wrong. They became so Fearful of the Unknown that they 'Gave Up'. 

Many years later they're still living in the Same place.

They 'Missed out' on their Dream because they 'Focused' on the problems instead of the Possibilities.

But I've also been Very Inspired by a Lot of people who have Achieved Amazing things by 'Intensely Focusing' on Jesus, and allowing Him to Guide them through 'problems & difficulties'. 

These Wonderful people of 'Great Faith' understand the Importance of what they 'Focus' on, and they Choose to 'Focus' on Jesus.

God has Blessed 'You' with the Ability to Choose what You 'Focus' on.

~ Choose Wisely, because there is a Lot of Power in it ~

The 'Intensity' of what You 'Focus' on, will determine the 'Immensity' 
of the outcome, both Negative and Positive.

0% Intensity = 0% Immensity.
100% Intensity = 100 % Immensity.

It makes a Lot of Sense to have 
0% 'Focus' on the Negative ways of the world,
and 100% 'Focus' on the Positive ways of Jesus.

There Really is 'Immense Power' through 'Intense Focus'.

~ A Story of Two Trees. ~

Here's a story I wrote about two Pine Trees who lived next to each other in a forest. 
One tree was Good, he was Nice and Kind and Always tried to help others. 
If any other tree had something wrong he'd send his Own Nutrients to Help the other trees get Better.

Now the other tree was bad, he followed worldly ways of living.
He was selfish, stubborn and arrogant. He wanted All the Nutrients for himself and didn't care about Anyone else.

One day the wind started to blow and the rain fell heavily.
The bad tree started moaning saying “I don't like this bad weather 
it's horrible, wind and rain, blowing us here and there”,
he went on and on, moan, moan, moan.
The Good tree said “This isn't 'bad weather' the rain waters our roots so we can Grow and the wind blows us to Strengthen our trunks and branches”.

As the wind and rain got stronger the Good tree stood there bending and swaying with the wind. He Enjoyed the Refreshing rain tickling his branches.
He was Enjoying dancing to the 'Rhythms of Nature'.

However the bad tree stood there stubbornly saying “I'm not moving, 
I'm getting wet and I don't like it'” 

Suddenly a Big gust of wind blew and with a Mighty Crack the bad tree fell to the ground, his trunk had Completely Snapped.

The Good tree blew in all directions with the wind.
A few of his dead branches blew off in the strong gusts, but the Good tree was Grateful as he needed to get rid of those branches.

When the storm had passed the Good tree stood still 
all Refreshed from the Lovely rain.

All that was left of the bad tree was a broken stump.
 
He had perished in the storm, 
his stubbornness didn't allow him to be flexible. 
The sad thing is, even when he was alive he was still dead as following worldly ways doesn't bring life.

However the Good tree was Full of Life 
because he knew where Life Truly comes from.
 
He greeted the storm with open branches
 as he knew God his Creator would Strengthen him 
and Protect him through Any storm.