The single eye > All things are in one thing, and one thing is in all things. For me, it’s all about one thing, Spirit. God’s Spirit. God’s will. The leading of the Spirit in all things. I am spirit above all else. Nothing changes for me. No matter what happens I am still about God’s will in what is happening. God’s will for me personally. God’s will in the earth, publicly. It’s like a form of singularity with God. Having the single-eye.

Jesus said, “The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single (or good), thy whole body will be full of light.” (Matthew 6:22)

For example, every day when I wake, the desire of my heart is for God to order my steps. In other words, no matter who would have won the election, my goal remains the same. What is God’s will for me today? How can I walk in the Spirit this day and see what God will do? How can I meet my material needs by focusing on the non-material. It may sound crazy, but if God is in all things, and He desires my good, then I daily choose to be a Sailboat catching His will in my sails, no matter what.

This simplifies things for me. It also lifts my options into God’s supernatural. It keeps my eyes on the ultimate truth that in the end it’s not the material things that really matter. The material is simply my stepping stones to the Spirit. Yes, I’m living in a flesh and blood body now, but I use that flesh and blood body to pursue spiritual things, and the Spirit is eternal. It really doesn’t change like material things do.

I may feel some disappointment when things don’t go the way I thought they should, but since it has gone this way, how do I catch the Wind of Heaven in my sails today? How do I continue to be the sailor upon the seven seas of life and not go Motorboat or Rowboat? This has become my passion and joy. It is so fascinating to see how God will weave a path through all the uncertainties towards His next destination for me. I find the Christian life like living the unfolding of a mystery every day. And I love that. I never seem to get tired of it. I love solving mysteries.

As a personal note, I get into the teaching of “Rowboat, Motorboat, Sailboat” in my book: “His Name and His Ring”. And it is also scattered throughout this blogsite in various ways and places.

So… it just so happens that Trump won. Now what? Nothing is certain. He’s not even in control yet. The evil in the earth is still here. As a believer in the supernatural, I know how important prayer is. Even fasting, at times. I know I have to live a certain way if I expect to be a victorious sailboat, and not a ship tossed to and fro at sea. I can’t expect Sailboat results if I’m practicing Motorboat ways.

What do I mean by live small and fight big? It means several things. One, narrow down my vision to that single eye. True spiritual focus. That will increase my results. Two, lower my earthly expectations in order to raise my heavenly expectations. If I’m too materialistic it will decrease my spiritual results. Three, lower myself, as in humility, as in the sparrow. I do not live like a hawk. My focus is more like a sparrow, but then God comes in like the hawk in my behalf against the enemy of my soul.

This can take many forms. Many times I have been falling, falling, falling, but then somehow landed on my feet! I know it wasn’t because of any brilliance on my part. It was God showing me favor I really don’t deserve, except I have learned I’m just a sparrow in His hands. In that I take great confidence.

Yes, through God I’m not just a sparrow. I am a bird of prey against the principalities of the air. I do my fighting in the Spirit more than in the flesh. I do live it out in my flesh, and at times it can get hard, but God called me to seek to love. Love God. Love people. But He never told me to be nice to the devil. I am to RESIST him! Be the spiritual warrior. And that’s where I get to be the Hawk, using the spiritual weapons God has given me. But my mindset is to always remember, I am but a sparrow.

I have spent my whole life trying to get better at those spiritual weapons, not weapons of man. I am a sparrow in the eyes of most people. Some might even say he is a person of low ambitions. But they don’t see how high my ambitions are in God. Jesus was the Lamb for us, but also the Lion against Satan. This Lamb/Lion thing, or sparrow/hawk thing is a thing! It’s real! Satan does not want us to know how utterly defeated he is. But God expects us to believe it is so, because His word says it is. I can live in that. I can build on that.

God has said He will exalt the humble and lower the proud. Everyone wants to be the bird of prey. We want to be the lion! But when we see how weak we really are, how can we go on in such self-deception? We have seen many superstars in our time. They all grow old, grow weak, and die, leaving it all behind. Some don’t even live very long. They seemed to be so great! But suddenly, gone. No more bragging. No more living high on the hog. No more treating yourself like your better than everyone else and you somehow deserve the extravagant luxuries you enjoy.

It seems we all die the same. whether were carried out in a 100,000 dollar casket, or a pine box. We would do well to remember we are but a vapor. A candle ready to be blown out at any time. So I have put my trust in the One who is not a candle ready to be blown out at any time. I love learning HIS WAYS. He is the Rock that never changes. I can build on that. And so can you. He is willing to teach whosoever will embrace His Son and learn His ways.