Focus on Shining Faces, not shiny objects
For years, I chased shiny objects—every distraction promising joy but leaving me scattered. Have you ever felt that way, too?”
It taught me a lot about getting caught up in distractions and missing out on the joy of Deep Focus. I recently read a book titled "Deep Work" by Cal Newport. His book ties so deeply into this message because it will help you better understand Deep Oneness. I created an entire white paper on it, but you can message me separately to unpack that phenomenal revelation and insight.
Today, let’s explore the new era God has before you. If you choose to undertake this next spiritual mission, I believe you will be setting foot on a new universe of what God is calling you to do in this season.
Yes, seasons change, and there’s no need to look back because we’re all promised to step into our fullness of time. However, I hope you take this next journey of learning as a signpost that will guide your next five years of growth and success.
That’s right. I am discerning a wholeness coming to your life if you take these next steps and life lessons, and FOCUS.
🌍 A World That’s Literally Accelerating
Today, the pace of life isn’t only felt—it’s quantifiable. In summer 2025, scientists recorded Earth spinning faster than usual on July 9, July 22, and August 5—each day shaving off about 1.3 to 1.5 milliseconds from the standard 24-hour day (Popular Mechanics).
This acceleration, possibly driven by internal dynamics, defies the long-term trend of Earth’s rotation slowing due to tidal forces with the moon. In fact, timekeepers are now considering a historic “negative leap second” by 2029—a first in history (Popular Mechanics).
This isn’t just scientific trivia—it’s a cosmic wake-up call. Time is accelerating, and distractions are louder than ever. We feel the push of chaos, complexity, and choice. But God invites you into the opposite path: quietude, clarity, and deep focus.
Just as timekeepers need precise stillness to stay aligned, your soul needs pockets of spiritual calm to remain steady. Without them, we drift—overloaded, unfocused, unwhole. But when you pause, breathe, and rest deeply, you align with God’s rhythm—the eternal, unhurried pulse that undergirds your calling.
Learning how to rest is a discipline few have mastered. I’ve been sort of preaching this stillness time model for about seven years now. Sometimes I would feel as though I was becoming a nag, but here we are in the exact mayhem God said we would be in, and mastering rest is more important than ever.
I used to wonder why I was so drawn to the topic of rest and stillness. But His Spirit reminded me that almost exactly 30 years ago, I wrote a need to God. I asked Him for wisdom and peace. I was in a dark place where I needed peace more than oxygen. That’s when I began sitting in a coffee shop daily and first started reading the Bible—not like an academic textbook, but like an explorer looking at their treasure map for gold.
And I’m happy to say, I found it. And I’ve been holding on to that missing coin that I lost, the treasure hidden in a field, ever since.
More transparency: I thought it was improper to discuss spirituality with my professional colleagues and executive circle, but thankfully, I began to realize that this wasn’t my message to intellectualize and rationalize. It was a message from a God who is faithful and cares for us more than we can ever understand. He cares about what you do, what you like, what makes you laugh, and what gives you anxiety, doubt, and fear.
Let’s dig in and look at rest.
Rest sounds like a passive activity, but it takes strength to enter this realm of peace. To remain undaunted by external timelines and noise, and to make yourself available to a personal God, is a uniquely strong ability and strength to possess. Moses was captured by a burning fire that wanted to consume him. That eternal light became his friend, and the rest is a beautiful love story.
Allow your mind to meditate, not just read with your brain cognitively, but to allow and surrender to God, so He shows you His thoughts behind the scenes in scriptural passages and teaches you how they apply to you now in whatever situation you’re dealing with and experiencing. How does this passage uniquely apply to me and what I’m going through right now? How can God know the exact moment I need Him or I need to focus on desires that will give me joy to extend to others?
It really happens quite easily.
He promised to watch over what unique strengths He created in us.
This is when it can get sticky. Like honey… Taste and see.
If you don’t know or haven’t focused much on God—how He interacts and communicates with you, interrupts your relationships, and brings light to His desire to have a relationship with you—it’s only because you haven’t established this union yet. If you’re still reading this message, you’ve decided not to miss out on His words of comfort, guidance, encouragement, love, joy, faithfulness, and what we all need so desperately right now: peace.
Resting in Him teaches you how to focus on what’s most important in your timeline. It also increases your awareness of others who want to celebrate your growth and transformation from a fragmented life to a whole one.
I have lived fragmented for too long, and my purpose in this season is to help you focus on the keys that hold the potential to lead a whole and transformed life. My authentic identity is from my lived experiences, and now I understand how deep focus can successfully lead to deep oneness.
Ultimately, to uncover peace and rest.
🔥 Sabbath Fire Audit
Based on Exodus 35:3 — “You shall kindle no fire throughout your dwellings on the Sabbath day.”
This exercise helps you identify where you are “kindling fires” (overworking, overthinking, overdoing) and invites you to release them, allowing you to step into true rest, renewal, and alignment.
Step 1. Prepare Your Space
Set aside 30–40 minutes.
Choose a quiet place where you won’t be interrupted.
Have your journal or notes app ready. Take a deep breath and invite God’s presence.
Step 2. Identify Your Fires
🔹 Personal Self
What tasks, habits, or distractions do I keep fueling that burn up my energy without giving me life?
Am I “kindling fires” in my health, relationships, or inner world by doing too much?
✨ Write down 2–3 personal “fires” you notice.
🔹 Professional Self
What “fires” at work do I insist on keeping lit? (Emails, late-night planning, constant availability, micromanaging)
Am I burning energy in ways that could be released, delegated, or postponed?
✨ Write down 2–3 professional “fires” you notice.
🔹 Spiritual Self
Do I approach my walk with God as constant doing (serving, striving, proving), or do I allow Him to be the Fire that sustains me?
Where am I still relying on self-effort instead of resting in His grace?
✨ Write down 1–2 spiritual “fires” you notice.
Step 3. Release the Fires
Circle one “fire” from each category.
Imagine setting it down at the feet of Jesus.
Pray: “Lord, I release this fire into Your hands. Teach me to trust You in my rest. Be my source of warmth, light, and provision.”
Step 4. Replace with Rest
For each fire you release, write down a restful alternative:
Personal → instead of laundry, take a walk outside.
Professional → instead of one more email, close the laptop and call it complete.
Spiritual → instead of striving in prayer, sit in silence and breathe in His presence.
Step 5. Commit to a Sabbath Rhythm
Choose one intentional block of time this week (even just 2–3 hours) to practice your fire-free Sabbath.
Write: “This week, I will rest by [specific action].”
When you stop kindling your own fires, you make space for the Fire of God’s Spirit to burn in you—bringing light, warmth, and transformation that your own striving never could.
Rest and peace are a gift. They aren’t abstract words. Press beyond the surface.
This era will be about living and working while embracing rest and peace. I see willing hearts, hearts stirred with wisdom, becoming whole.
✨ Shining faces arise!