I like to play Words With Friends. For the uninitiated, it’s an interactive online Scrabble knockoff that can be played on any number of devices, from computers to phones. What I like, and hate, about the phone version in particular, is the ability to zoom in on a certain section of the board as the player attempts to put up a (potentially) high scoring word. Actually, the zoom is automatic as soon as you begin placing letters.
This is great – I get to see a little piece of Words With Friends real estate up close and personal. And yet, I am sometimes so zoned into that small area, I don’t pay attention to the rest of the board. I excitedly play my 23 point word, only to zoom out and see I’ve perfectly set up my opponent for a triple word score. He or she then predictably drops “quiz” for 350 points. Okay, perhaps that triple word total is a slight exaggeration, but aaargh. I should have gotten the big picture!
Hmmm. Guess Words With Friends isn’t the only area of my life in which I get myopic (near-sighted). All I see are the grains of sand and miss the glorious shore.When I focus on me, my agenda, my details, I too frequently forget Him.
Thinking on details is necessary, and any small thing can and should be done in a God-honoring way. I spell check my blog entries, I brush my teeth, I play football with friends on a “warm” January afternoon, I file my tax returns. But these things should not keep me from zooming back out, and in all the details put together, seeing Jesus Christ, the One who is my life itself (Colossians 3:4).
Made for Eternity 