A few months ago I was watching an episode of the Canadian TV series Highway Thru Hell where Jamie Davis, owner of Jamie Davis Heavy Rescue, comments about a tow truck that is sitting in a parking lot lit up like a Christmas tree. His observation is how unnecessary it is to have all the lights flashing and that it actually increases danger rather than reducing it. His contention is that the flashing lights draw your attention away from the road toward the source of the lights increasing the probability of an accident because you miss what is right in front of you. I have heard for years that broken down cars parked on the side of the road with their hazard lights flashing at night will draw you to them causing you to wander off the road and onto the shoulder.
This morning during my devotional time I was reading a passage by Kenneth Copeland where he talked about living an overcoming life. His contention was that we need to stop focusing on our failure (the broken down car with the hazards flashing) and start focusing on the promise of God that we are more than conquerors. It is so easy for us to see ourselves as fallen sinners when God sees those who have died to sin as having been raised to walk in newness of life (Romans 6:4). In Steps to Christ pg 96 & 97 Ellen White states "If we take counsel with our doubts and fears...before we have faith, perplexities will only increase and deepen." It is so easy for us to focus on what is wrong in our lives or in the world when God wants us to focus on what is right - the victory He has already won on our behalf. When we focus on Him we are transformed into His likeness (2 Corinthians 3:18).
