How does he put it in verse 35? “Undistracted devotion” to Christ. What you need to remember is that what Paul has to tell you in this text is that he wants undivided focus on Christ. This is the kind of thing you need to think about when we approach our text that has to do with married folks and unmarried folks and with stress, anxiety and worry. And when we have a proper focus on Jesus Christ, other things in life will come into proper perspective. The Bible says, through the Apostle Paul, that we should look to heaven and keep our eyes on Christ, who is seated at the right hand of the Father (Hebrews 12). Moving the circle out a little bit, we can think of all of life in similar terms. So we would make that kind of distinction. Sabbath worship has a particular place in the scheme of life, and Sabbath worship ought to be the focus or focal point of life when we consider all of life as worship. Really? I would say no, that is not the case. But at the same time they may say that Sabbath worship is just the same, and we do not do anything different in Sabbath worship as we do during all the rest of the week. Some would say that worship pertains to all of life, pointing to Romans 12:1-2, and this is correct. We can think about worship in similar terms. Well, part of the idea in our text has to do with this matter of having proper focus. When you do so, you will also be able to see other things that are going on around the individual who is taking the picture, and perhaps someone will pop into your field of vision to attempt to distract you and take your focus off of the camera. ![]() ![]() If someone is attempting to take your picture, they will say to you, “Look at the camera,” and you are supposed to focus your eyes on the camera.
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