Waiting.
Refusing doubt . . . fear . . . powerlessness.
Praying.
Believing.
Receiving trust . . . faith . . . power.
No one wants to wait; however, there are waiting seasons in life.
The process of waiting defines the way we see a situation . . . with doubt or trust, fear or faith, powerlessness or power. The thing is . . . doubt leads to fear and fear leaves us powerless; trust leads to faith and ultimately power.
How do we trust when doubt begins to work its way into our thoughts?
The key is our perspective:
Jesus replied, "You're right that you only have my word. But you can depend on it being true. I know where I've come from and where I go next. You don't know where I'm from or where I'm headed. You decide according to what you can see and touch. I don't make judgments like that. But even if I did, my judgment would be true because I wouldn't make it out of the narrowness of my experience but in the largeness of the One who sent me, the Father. That fulfills the conditions set down in God's Law: that you can count on the testimony of two witnesses. And that is what you have: You have my word and you have the word of the Father who sent me." (John 8: 14-18, The Message).
Jesus did not make judgments of situations through the limitations of the human mind but through the perspective of the Father.
When our perspective is narrowed to our experience we see all the impossibilities . . . when our perspective is enlarged through the view of God . . . we see the possibilities.
Learning with you to see more,
Kerrie
(All devotions written by Kerrie Palmer ©2009 All Rights Reserved)
