Today’s Devotional Theme
Seeing Things as God Does
Daily Scripture
Romans 8:28
And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose.
Encouragement
When we look closer at this verse, we fall short when trying to see naïve optimism. However, what we do see is a God that can bring good out of a bad situation. It took a measure of faith to see this as Paul was teaching it. The early church had been through great sacrifices to bring the Gospel to the known world. To look through Paul’s eyes and be able to say this means he had something all believers must learn. That’s a God perspective. When things were difficult for Paul, and believe me they were, he dug deep and pulled out an Isaiah 55. “God’s way are not our ways, and His thoughts are higher than ours”. WOW… God has thoughts concerning my situation? OH, yes He does.
Take Action!
Perspective can be tricky. You see, my perspective (or the way I see things) can be absolutely true to me. At the same time, that so-called factual perspective can be so far from truth that it’s frightening. It’s not easy to see things as God does. It’s a walk of faith when the world and everything it has is coming at us with full force to remain calm and see it how God does. But we can if we apply His Word. Let’s look at just a few and then how the Word counteracts them. The culture of beauty is all around us. And if you don’t look the look then your just not one of beautiful ones. Gag me will you? Sorry for the expression. My Bible tells me from 1 Peter 3:4, “rather let it be the hidden person of the heart, with the incorruptible beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is very precious in the sight of God”.Here’s another one, success. If we were to survey many adult believers I wonder how they would respond to the question on success? Money, power, fame? Let’s look again for the answer in scripture. Joshua 1:8 says, “This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate in it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success”. How about we test our perspective with God's? Read it for yourself in His Word.
Come into His Presence
Father, help me to see myself and all that is around me through Your eyes. Because what You see is not perspective, it's reality. In Jesus' Name I pray, Amen.
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