We all have our own struggles. There are so many things that we don't understand, and ask the Lord in the most sincere way to change the situation. We think that if it's more bearable, we can at least get through it and move on. But God doesn't want to change what happens to us, He wants to change US.
I had such an experience lately. I was struggling in an area of my life, trying to find joy. Begging the Lord to not just get me through, but to love the journey. One moment I was in prayer, frustrated and crying out to the Lord. Then in the next moment, His revelation came to me. I had asked Him a question while feeling pity on myself, when He answered my question with His own question. What He asked burned through me, illuminated my mind and penetrated my heart. He revealed to me His grace in the situation. He showed me that I was seeing everything in the opposite way that He wanted me to. Suddenly, my thought pattern made a complete "180", the self-pity was gone, and His gifts to me flooded my soul.
He changed my perspective.
He allowed me to see the situation the way He saw it. To see the blessings, the grace and what I needed most, the JOY. I saw HIM. And through this I was able to see this situation with the mind of Christ.
Since then, I've had a change in perspective in so many more aspects of my life. It's been amazing to see situations and people through His eyes. My prayer is that I will continue to be blessed with such a window into the soul of God. To find compassion, mercy and love for those who I find it difficult to show such affections to. To put the comforts of others before the comforts of myself. To stop being so selfish and self-centered....in other words go against my human nature altogether.
So, even though I've been blessed to look into this window of perspective, there is still such a long journey to go. I'm still so naturally wicked and want so much to look out for ME. But Jesus Christ lives in me...Change is not just good, it's inevitable.(:
Continue to change me, Lord. My heart, my soul, my mind,....my perspective.
Form me into the image of Your Son.
Change is good when you serve a God who never changes.
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