Devotional for Tuesday, November 29, 2016
“Seeing Through God’s Eyes”
by Dona Hake
Have you ever formed an opinion based on what you see, and then to find out that your opinion was totally incorrect because you were misinformed of all the facts? We must be very careful to never form opinions apart from the facts and from the truth of what God has to say about it. It is so alarming to me in this day and age how many standards and rules are based on how people “feel” about things. Let us understand that many times our eyes and our feelings can deceive us. We can think we are perceiving things properly but truth is we are seeing things from the wrong perspective or improper thinking. There are many things that can cloud our eyes from seeing things how God sees them. Today I desire to cause you to seek to see things as God sees them. May we seek His help to view the world and people through His eyes and His Word.
Now let us look at another way that we can be deceived into viewing our circumstances apart from faith and that is worrying. We have heard it said that worry casts a big shadow on small things. Really when you think about it worry has the ability to paint a picture about your situation that could be an exaggeration of what is really going on. Worry has the ability to magnify things and distort the truth. When we face a problem, and we allow the light of His Word to shine on it, we will always be able to embrace an attitude of victory and not worry. We will most importantly be able to lay hold of the truth and wisdom that God desires for us to walk in.
God desires that we see everything in truth and in the proper perspective, and the only way that will happen is if we see things through His eyes. I guarantee you that as we ask Him to help us see, our perspective on everything will be correct. Today I encourage you to ask Him to fill your eyes with light…His light.
Psalm 119:18 (VOICE)
“Let me see clearly so that I may take in
the amazing things coming from Your law.”
the amazing things coming from Your law.”
Matthew 6:22-23 (TLB)
“If your eye is pure, there will be sunshine in your soul.”