Good Morning!
I pray your day and week has been off to a great start
I was so pleased to share some thoughts yesterday on the
subject of ‘chosen’
It is such a marvelous thing when we realize that He
chose us before we were ever born
Yet – there are times when it is challenging to focus on
that beautiful truth
The cracks and fissures and fractures of life make it difficult
to see the larger picture
It makes it necessary for us to have a focused VISION
There is a story found In the second book of Kings in the Old Testament –
Elisha and his servant are facing a situation where the
issues of life are closing in on them;
Their enemies have encircled them fully
The servant can only see imminent destruction
But Elisha, looking at their situation through eyes of
faith, declares,
‘Those who are with
us are more than those who are with them.’
‘And Elisha prayed, “Open his eyes, Lord, so that he may see.” Then the Lord opened the servant’s eyes, and he looked and
saw the hills full of horses and chariots of fire all around’ II Kings
6:17
What we
see is not always all there is –
Perspective is
everything
In the book of Luke, chapter 4, there is an account given
where Jesus enters a synagogue and reads a section of text from the book of
Isaiah where it was written of Him,
“The Spirit of the Lord is on me,
because He has anointed me
to proclaim good news to the poor.
He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners
and recovery of sight for the blind,
to set the oppressed free,
to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor”
He found in the scrolls, written hundreds of
years before His birth, the declaration of Him being the Chosen one. And we
know from Scripture that the plan of salvation was in effect long before
anything was penned in the book of Isaiah – Jesus being the Lamb who was slain
before the foundation of the world (Revelation 13)
Yet – there were so many things which took place
prior to the fulfillment of the prophecy
There was time – countless time
There were detours – or apparent detours
There were heartaches and seeming delays
There were points of confusion and
disappointments
Indeed, anyone looking from the outside in would
likely find it difficult to see how all of the happenings were part of a
beautiful and glorious plan.
Yet and
still – all of the cracks and fissures and
fractures were forming something beautiful
He was taking all of those seemingly broken
things and creating something glorious for humanity
And He is also
making something beautiful for you!
Today, if all you can see is the brokenness –
I encourage you to take a step back and see how
those cracks are forming something beautiful
Grasp the perspective that they are one part of a
huge tapestry of your life and God’s plan
I pray that the LORD would open your eyes to see
all the ways He is working
I pray that He would give you VISION to see the larger picture
I pray that you would understand and experience
the truth of His Word which reminds us:
‘He makes all things beautiful in its time’ Ecclesiastes
3:11
Have a Blessed Day…
& Merry Christmas!
