Some people are multi-talented and have the ability to multitask. However, I’ve found that I do better by focusing on one thing at a time. Experience has taught me this lesson. I tried multitasking and accomplished much, but I couldn’t remember if each project I completed was my best or just good.
Scripture has the answer and our due diligence in examining it for life’s answers. Focus is the key that unlocks doors. I searched several different versions of the Bible to find verses that best relate to the 21st-century individual. “One thing I do know I was blind, and now I can see” (John 9:25 CSB). This verse describes my spiritual journey. I can see life better when I apply Bible principles.
Martha was upset about doing all the preparation work for serving and complained to Jesus that Mary wasn’t helping. Mary chose to learn Bible principles instead. The Lord responded to Martha saying, “There is only one thing worth being concerned about. Mary discovered it, and it will not be taken away from her” (Luke 10:42 NLT). Mary’s choice to learn about the Lord challenges us to do the same.
In writing to the church at Philippi, the apostle Paul wrote, “But I focus on this one thing: forgetting the past and looking forward to what lies ahead” (Philippians 3:13 NLT). Paul didn’t dwell on the past, the good or the bad. He kept going forward and doing the best he could for the Lord. We should do the same.
Peter wrote, “Do not forget this one thing” 2 Peter 3:8 NKJV). Peter came to realize the Lord is patient with his children. That’s not a license for us to delay doing the Lord’s work, but to be discerning and move when God is working. The Lord accomplishes His work when it’s best in His opinion, not ours. Remember to wait on the Lord, then act.
The psalmist, David, became concerned about one thing in 27:4. “To live in the house of the LORD all the days of my life delighting in the LORD’s perfections” (NLT).
When our focus is “one thing,” pleasing the Lord, then life has its most valuable meaning.
