“Keep your eye on the ball,” yells the baseball coach to his player.
You cannot hit the ball if you are not focused on it.
Same with golf. Practice the swing enough such that you can just swing naturally. Then put all focus on the ball.
A race car driver once told me that you always focus on the cars in front. Never look at the wall, he said, because you’ll steer right at it.
Take the Hebrew story of Joseph. Yes, the guy with the “multi-colored dream coat”. He landed in Egypt. The king put him in charge of a most important project. Joseph had interpreted a dream that there would be seven years of plenty followed by seven years of famine. Joseph’s job was to focus in the good years on storing lots of grain. I’m sure that given many pressures keeping his eye on the ball was difficult. Then during the seven years of famine, he reaped the benefits of the seven years of discipline.
Pay attention to the words of Jesus, Peter, Paul, James, John and the rest. Stated sometimes and always understood beneath the story lies the foundational teaching of keeping your eye (focus) on God.
Faith Venture 
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