07
Jun '18
A Change in Perspective
07
Jun '18
When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me; Until I went into the sanctuary of God; then understood I their end. (Psalm 73:16-17)
My hometown had experienced its heaviest winter in thirty years. My muscles ached from hours of shoveling the unrelenting snow. When I stepped inside after what felt like a fruitless effort, weary as I kicked off my boots, I was greeted by the warmth of a fire and my children gathered around it. As I gazed out the window from the shelter of my home, my perspective of the weather shifted completely. Instead of seeing more work to do, I savored the beauty of frosted tree branches and the way the snow blanketed the colorless landscape of winter.
I see a similar, but much more poignant, shift in Asaph when I read his words in Psalm 73. In the beginning, he laments the way the world seems to work, how wrongs seem to be rewarded. He doubts the value of being different than the crowd and living for the good of others (v. 13). But when he enters the sanctuary of God, his outlook changes (vv. 16–17): he remembers that God will deal with the world and its troubles perfectly and, more importantly, that it is good to be with God (v. 28).
When we’re chilled by the seemingly ceaseless problems in our world, we can enter God’s sanctuary in prayer and be warmed through by the life-altering, perspective-changing truth that His judgment is better than ours. Though our circumstances may not change, our perspective can.
Lord, I admit I quickly become frustrated with the way things appear. Help me to see the way You do. Amen!
When I read this it blessed me. You may be going through circumstances that are beyond your understanding and no matter how hard you’ve tried it doesn’t seem to be getting any better but today make an effort to change your perspective and watch everything start to shift. No matter what we go through, no matter what we are facing, He is able and He is faithful. Your current circumstance is not a surprise to Him, He just wants you to trust Him to take you through it victoriously. If you can’t change your circumstances how then can you change your perspective? Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore (Psalm 16:11). God gives us the right perspective.
Have a beautiful day in The Lord!
Today’s Reading is Romans 8:18