Did you know there are some places where we are losing when we could be winning? It’s not because we don’t have the talent, the skill, or the ability—it's because we don’t have the focus. Peter allowed the blowing wind to distract him while walking on water. If you are going to have an unbreakable life, you must maintain unbreakable focus. 

 Sometimes the difference between a breakdown and a break-through is FOCUS.

 Your talent, abilities, skill, faculty, flair, gift, genius your very anointing are all at the mercy of your focus.  An unstoppable life requires unbreakable focus

 Focus (According to m-w.com) – the center of interest or activity… the state or quality of having or producing clear visual 

 As long as Peter kept Jesus as his focus he walked on water…but (the text says) he saw the wind and began to sink.  Peter no longer placed Christ in the center of his activity and interest.  Peter started looking at the reason he couldn’t do this even though Jesus said COME.

 Here’s something to consider, you don’t really see wind, you see what the wind is doing to things around you.  So, Peter started to see the waves and lost focus…You cannot win looking at the wind. Faith helps you keep your focus, which helps you to keep your eyes on Jesus, which allows you to walk on water.

·      Everything follows your vision…

That’s why the Bible says in Proverbs 4:25 Let your eyes look directly forward, and your gaze be straight before you.  Colossians 3:2 Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth. It’s easy to drift. Life is hectic for all of us and if we’re not intentional about our direction in life we can easily wake up one day and wonder how we got where we are.

A common complaint I hear from people, men in particular, is regret over not having done something in their life that they had always wanted or planned to do. It wasn’t their intention not to do it, but they also weren’t intentional enough to make sure it happened.

 Which direction does your focus go – backward, forward, or present? Here are 3 keys to staying focused:

1. Don’t Look Back.
While it’s helpful for us to learn from our mistakes, it’s important that we don’t spend more time in the past than is necessary to learn those lessons. A good distinction to note is whether our purpose for thinking about the past is to learn from it, or escape to it.

2. Don’t Live in the Future.
Okay, obviously if we have to look forward or we won’t know where we’re going. And some looking forward is necessary to set goals and develop plans to meet them. However, living in the future is a whole other thing. Again, a key distinction is our purpose for thinking about the future. 

3. Stay in the Present.
Living in today doesn’t mean we don’t look back or forward, but we don’t do it to the point that it robs us of today and we don’t do it to escape today. We have to continue to remind ourselves that the only way tomorrow will be better is if we stay focused on the present.

 As long as Peter looked at Jesus he didn’t sink…whenever the wind is blowing in your life you can’t look to what you usually do.

As I was reflecting on Peter. . .I was stirred by 3 things that need to happen if we want unbreakable focus!

1.   Intercession
Before Jesus went out on the water…he prayed.  Prayer reminds you of the greatness of God…prayer in a storm is different than prayer in the norm.

·      In the time of pressure and pain your prayers will help you focus on the endurance you will need for th