Last night I was reading the daily Oswald Chambers “Utmost for His Highest” commentary for May 18th. He pointed out a fact that I know in my life I miss so much of the time.

He stated that so many times a person wants to grow in their Christian walk, that he or she wants to be a better person. I find so often that my focus becomes that – how can I grow in my walk with Christ; what can I do to improve myself? His comment was that our focus should not be growth – our focus should be Christ. Growth will occur as I get my eyes off myself, and fix them on Jesus (Hebrews 12:1).

I think this is one of the keys to the Christian walk – what better person to focus on than the Person who is the perfect standard? Rather than focusing on 'being better', why not focus the one Who already is? My walk then moves from the earthly things to the person of Christ. From the ‘what’ to the ‘Who’.