If you take your eyes off the ball you lose the game. If you take your eyes off Jesus you lose life’s battles. In order to play well you have to concentrate on the ball and take into account all the factors at play – the personalities you are playing, the environment you are playing in and your own strengths. In life when we fix our eyes on Jesus it helps us rationalise and act in a way that is appropriate to each situation. The question is what do you and I fix our eyes on? Is it our bank balance? Is it our position? Is it people we know? Is it our material possessions? Is it our education? Is it our hobbies or sports? None of these is wrong but let us put Jesus in the centre of all these things. When we focus on him these things do not consume us but bless us and others.