Race car drivers are trained to turn their eyes away from the wall that their car may be heading for if they want to avoid a collision with it.  Most often, if they keep looking at the wall, they will hit it.  However, if they turn their eyes back out to the track, the outcome will frequently be different.  This is because our motor skills are connected to what our eyes see on a very intuitive and primary level.  There are other examples of this connection, but this one speaks about something that we can all learn from. 

Just as in the natural, so in the spiritual.  What we pay attention to, or what we look at determines our life view, where we go and what we do - both positively and negatively.  Our soulish reflexes interact with our vision. As a result, we find ourselves experiencing what we have been seeing would happen.

The question is: Where are we looking?  If we are looking at the things we fear, we are often overcome by those things, either the very thing happening or just the plain fact that we fear them. We run into the wall of our fears because we are looking at them.  Or if we are looking at what is not possible, we will find it is not possible.  And finally, if we keep staring at problems, the problems will overwhelm us.  However, if we choose to avert our eyes to see where God is directing us, choosing to see life through His promises and His care for us, we can overcome the "wall" that we are often bouncing off of.  This is good news.  God will help us, His grace abundant towards us, so that we can learn to change our view point.  The Holy Spirit can work in the inner workings of our heart and soul and re-align what we are paying attention to, so that we can successfully navigate tricky places, stay on course with God's purposes for our lives and overcome things that historically have bound us to the inevitable wall crashing experiences that we too often have (once is more than enough, but some of us bounce off of these walls daily, and sometimes to our deep hurt)  

So....Turn your eyes upon Jesus, Look full in His  wonderful face, And the things of this world will grow strangly dim, In the light of His glory and grace!