Through God's eyes
More often than not, we tend to view things from our own perspectives. We let our worldly 'knowledge' and 'logic' taint the way we see people and circumstances.
We see the surface, the package, the way things seem to be. We leave God out of the picture, forget what He can do, forget that He sees things differently.
We are polite to wealthy people, but when we come across a man sleeping on the street, we step away from him as if he's not there.
We pay attention to "beautiful" people, and try to be friends with popular ones, but shy away or even make fun of "weird" people just because they don't fit in, which is an extremely cowardly reaction.
We love people who are close to us, but we are mean to those we dislike. When people hurt us, we hurt them back.
We hate the sin and the sinners, forgetting that 1) We ourselves are sinners, and 2) God loves everyone.
When circumstances seem dire, we give up and despair. We think the situation's impossible. We forget that nothing is impossible for our Lord, the God of all mankind.
Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says. - James 1:22
We have learnt nothing, if we read the Bible and pray daily but do not put what we read into practice.
We should start looking at things from God's perspective, start trusting Him more and the devil's lies not at all; start loving people, not least our enemies; start praying for those who have wounded us.
Repay hatred with love, see if it doesn't get you anywhere.
Anyone who listens to the word but does not do what it says is like a man who looks at his face in a mirror and, after looking at himself, goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like. - James 1:23-24
Yes, I have been walking away from the mirror. I forget what I look like. But it's high time I start looking at this world, at its people and the trials it offers through God's eyes.
We see the surface, the package, the way things seem to be. We leave God out of the picture, forget what He can do, forget that He sees things differently.
We are polite to wealthy people, but when we come across a man sleeping on the street, we step away from him as if he's not there.
We pay attention to "beautiful" people, and try to be friends with popular ones, but shy away or even make fun of "weird" people just because they don't fit in, which is an extremely cowardly reaction.
We love people who are close to us, but we are mean to those we dislike. When people hurt us, we hurt them back.
We hate the sin and the sinners, forgetting that 1) We ourselves are sinners, and 2) God loves everyone.
When circumstances seem dire, we give up and despair. We think the situation's impossible. We forget that nothing is impossible for our Lord, the God of all mankind.
Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says. - James 1:22
We have learnt nothing, if we read the Bible and pray daily but do not put what we read into practice.
We should start looking at things from God's perspective, start trusting Him more and the devil's lies not at all; start loving people, not least our enemies; start praying for those who have wounded us.
Repay hatred with love, see if it doesn't get you anywhere.
Anyone who listens to the word but does not do what it says is like a man who looks at his face in a mirror and, after looking at himself, goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like. - James 1:23-24
Yes, I have been walking away from the mirror. I forget what I look like. But it's high time I start looking at this world, at its people and the trials it offers through God's eyes.
posted by sleepypurplepiglet at 3:42 PM
2 Comments:
so true!!! i myself sometimes are like that!! its definitely sumthing i haf to work on :) with God's helping hand of course. wat can i do without Him? sumtimes when i reflect on myself and my walk wif God, i realised that, for many times, i chose to believe in things that i want to, not taking God's word as it is, it is like accepting half truths. thank God for the discernment :) miss ya. muacks. where is ur great 8???
On the way...can't find time and computer to do it!!!
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