A Matter of Perspective
What you see from where you are and how you see it is your perspective.
I get it, we are all humans and our default is to see the bad or difficulties in most things.
It doesn't take long and we can whip ourselves into an emotional frenzy over the littlest of situations.
The more attention we give our problems the bigger they become.
I'm not saying to forget about them but I am saying to keep them in perspective.
“Turn away my eyes from looking at worthless things, And revive me in Your way.”
Psalms 119:37 NKJV
If we talked about God and dwell on Him as much as we do our problems, how much bigger would He become?
Believe me when I tell you this is for me today!
God has given us the greatest problem solving tool of all time, our mind.
The problem is that our default setting is not to ponder our Source as much as we do our issue.
“Trust in the Lord with all your heart, And lean not on your own understanding; In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He shall direct your paths.”
Proverbs 3:5-6 NKJV
In other words focus on the Source, focus on God and He will lead you to the solution!
“The Lord will guide you continually, And satisfy your soul in drought, And strengthen your bones; You shall be like a watered garden, And like a spring of water, whose waters do not fail.”
Isaiah 58:11 NKJV
Remember:
“For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, is working for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory,”
II Corinthians 4:17 NKJV
Our issues, roadblocks, stumbling blocks, tough decisions, tough conversations, our health problems, financial issues, family problems, are all "light afflictions" compared to the Greatness of God!
““Behold, I am the Lord, the God of all flesh. Is there anything too hard for Me?”
Jeremiah 32:27 NKJV
The answer is NO!
““Therefore do not be like them. For your Father knows the things you have need of before you ask Him.”
Matthew 6:8 NKJV
And:
“Now this is the confidence that we have in Him, that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. And if we know that He hears us, whatever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we have asked of Him.”
I John 5:14-15 NKJV
Set your eyes, your focus on God, our Source and not the problem.
You are one “Amen” away from your answer!
“Then you will call upon Me and go and pray to Me, and I will listen to you.”
Jeremiah 29:12 NKJV
My prayer today is Ephesians 3:14-19. This is my prayer for you and me. Dwell on it, meditate on it, and let it change your perspective.
“For this reason I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, from whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named, that He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with might through His Spirit in the inner man, that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the width and length and depth and height— to know the love of Christ which passes knowledge; that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.”
Ephesians 3:14-19 NKJV
In Jesus Name-Amen
May the Lord bless you and keep you. May the Lord make His face shine upon you and be gracious unto you. May the Lord lift up His countenance upon you and give you peace.
In Jesus Name - Amen
-Pastor Doug
