The clock is ticking. Time is running out. Things look almost hopeless!
It’s 11:59 with a deadline of 12:00. What to do? What to do?
Yesterday our daughter and son-in-law were going through two house closings, selling one and buying another. How nerve racking! ! Everything was signed, filed and recorded with 2 minutes to spare – 2 minutes! I found myself telling her that God is never late and rarely early, that’s the reason it’s called faith.
Faith is having God’s perspective, not our own.
Perspective! It’s important to keep a proper perspective when going through a tough time. If we begin to look to closely at the situation it will begin to seem overwhelming. It’s important to pull back and look at things the way God’s see them.
Do we see our situation as time is running out or do we see it as God does, there is time to spare?
The children of Egypt saw a sea too big to cross; God saw a stream and damned it up. Saul’s soldiers saw a giant too big to conquer; David saw a man who was no match for God. Noah saw a world filled with corruption and a devastating flood; God saw a cruise ship of salvation.
The disciples saw a hungry mob and Jesus saw lunch for all. The widow woman saw a famine and her last meal; the prophet saw an oil bottle and flour barrel that never ran out. Jairus saw a daughter who had died; Jesus saw a young girl who had fallen asleep.
What is our perspective? Do we see things as hopeless, do we see defeat? Do we see a looming bankruptcy, a doctor’s dismal report, a failing relationship, a career that’s ending?
“Like a deer drinking from a stream, I reach out to you, my God. 2 My soul thirsts for the living God. When can I go to meet with him?
3 Instead of food, I have only tears day and night, as my enemies laugh at me and say, “Where is your God?”
4 My heart breaks as I remember the pleasant times in the past, when I walked with the crowds as I led them up to God’s Temple. I remember the happy songs of praise as they celebrated the festival.
5-6 Why am I so sad? Why am I so upset? I tell myself, “Wait for God’s help!
You will again be able to praise him, your God, the one who will save you.”
In my sadness I say, “I will remember you from here on this small hill, where Mount Hermon and the Jordan River meet.” 7 I hear the roar of the water coming from deep within the earth. It shouts to the water below as it tumbles down the waterfall. God, your waves come one after another, crashing all around and over me.
8 By day the Lord shows his faithful love, and at night I have a song for him—a prayer for the God of my life. 9 I say to God, my Rock, “Why have you forgotten me? Why must I suffer this sadness that my enemies have brought me?”
10 Their constant insults are killing me. They never stop asking, “Where is your God?”
11 Why am I so sad? Why am I so upset? I tell myself, “Wait for God’s help! You will again be able to praise him, your God, the one who will save you.” Psalm 42 ERV
It’s ok to tell the Lord about our worries, our concerns, our heartaches but let’s not end there. We need to make our final declaration like the one that ends this Psalm, “Wait for God’s help! You will again be able to praise him, your God, the one who will save you”.
Satan saw Jesus as a dead man, buried in a tomb but God saw the resurrection! He has a plan for our deliverance.
Why be discouraged or disheartened? Put our hope in God!
Perspective!