God promised Abraham that he would be “the father of many nations”. This God-given name was prophetic. His focus was on the birth of his son, which was the only way the prophecy could come to pass. It was not a complex vision but one that was ‘easy on the eye’.
It would be his grandson Jacob (renamed Israel) who would father the sons that in time would become the tribes who would…well, I’m sure you know the story. My point is that the patriarch Abraham lived and believed for “as many descendants as the stars in the heavens” through the son that God had promised — even when he and his wife Sarah no longer had any natural possibility of becoming parents. The birth of a single son was the sole focus of Abraham’s faith.
Does your faith have a focal point, or are you seeing God’s many promises but not focusing on the one through which they can be realized? “Every promise in the Book is mine, every chapter, every verse, every line.” We used to sing this years ago. But which of the many promises — which one in particular — can usher in the thing that you need most? That’s the one on which you need to focus your faith, the one that places any other promise in second place.
“The light of the body is the eye,” Jesus said, “so if your eye is single, your whole body shall be full of light.” (Matthew 6:22) Which is no doubt why God created our pupils to be prisms. A singular focus will keep your vision clear, whereas an out-of-focus vision will cause things to appear complex.