Seeing from God’s Perspective

We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed,

but not in despair; persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down,

 but not destroyed. We always carry around in our

body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also

revealed in our body. 2 Corinthians 4:8-10 (NIV)

Have you ever woken up in the morning and before you even roll out of bed felt like your day was already a wreck? Like you’ve already been defeated even before you’ve put your feet on the floor? Have you ever been in a relationship and no matter how much you want things to work out, just a thought of the person or the situation that you are in gives you a heavy sense of defeat, one that keeps you from ever trying to approach that person ever again? Have you been out of work for such a long time, been through so many interviews and faced so many rejections that just the thought of sending out one more resume’ crushes your spirit?

My friend, today Father woke you up one more time for you to know that you are not defeated, that you are not ultimately a failure. That doesn’t mean that you’ve never lost, or that you’ve never failed, but it does mean that it’s not over and that today is a new day, a day for you to, in the midst of your circumstances realize that reality goes beyond what you can see and that as you begin to look at things from His perspective that it puts a new light on everything that you’re going through.

Scripture is a great example of seeing things from God’s perspective. We have the privilege of reading things after the fact, when in reality that is how God saw them all the time. God is not confined to time and space so everything is here and now in His eyes. Abraham could have felt defeated as he raised the knife, but God saw the ram. Job could have felt defeated as he scraped the boils off, but God saw the double portion of blessing in chapter 42. Mary could have felt defeated and crushed at the foot of the cross but God was already at the resurrection. Daniel could have felt defeated as the lions approached, but God was already telling the lions that a better meal was coming a bit later.

Whatever your present circumstances, my friend, whatever situation you find yourself in, the Holy Spirit wants to remind you as He did as He opened eyes of Elisha’s servant in 2 Kings 6:16-18, to remember that "Those who are with us are more than those who are with them."

Let’s praise Him together today and thank Him that He has already won for us and if God is for us, who or what can be against us? (Romans 8:31)