‘I will bless the Lord at all times: His praise shall continually be in my mouth. My soul shall make her boast in the Lord: the humble shall hear thereof, and be glad’. DAILY READING Acts 9:1-25; Joshua 3:1-5:1; Job 22
When you are on a flight, as the plane gets higher and higher; houses, buildings, cars, streets all seem to take on a different look. It looks as though you are looking down on a child’s train set. Trees, houses and other structures become smaller. The road and rivers looks like a long windy line when you look at them from above. Now of course the houses, buildings and roads have not changed, but what has changed is your prospective. When we change our perspective things look very different. All through life our perspectives change. As children we may have seen those in their 30’s and 40’s as old, and as teenagers we may have thought our parents were extremely out of touch with reality. But now as adults, though things have not changed, but our perspective, the way in which we look at them, has changed.
Perspective is not what we see, but the way we see it. And how we see things or our perspective controls our reaction. If a person sees a situation from the eyes of faith and someone else sees it from the eyes of fear, both will react differently.
The story has been told of how the potato, egg and coffee bean were all put in boiling water, but each reacted differently. The potato went in strong, but came out soft and weak; the egg went in fragile and came out hard. However, the ground coffee bean was unique; when put in the boiling water, it changed the water and created something new. Question then is; how do you react when confronted by adverse situations?
Many times you will not be able to change what you are going through; you may not be able to change the reports around you, but one thing you can change or control is your perspective and your response. Two individuals may have a common experience, yet one sees the obstacle as a stepping stone and the other allows the obstacle to become a stumbling block and a barrier to their destiny. The difference between these two individuals is their perspective. Ultimately the difference between winners and losers, is the way they view setbacks and adversities. Losers see setback as the end of the road, but winners see it as a bend in the road.
David often saw his situations from the eyes of faith and committed himself to praising God at all times. He recognized that by praising God, you make room for Him to come and change adverse situations and turn things around to your favor. Because all things work together for good to them that love Him. This is why David says in Psalm 34:1 ‘I will bless the Lord at all times: His praise shall continually be in my mouth. My soul shall make her boast in the Lord: the humble shall hear thereof, and be glad.’
You may be feeling overburdened today, by the various trials facing you. Perhaps right now you are even tired of it all and wondering a way out. Well, it doesn’t matter how tough the situations you may be facing, look beyond them and see rather how great your God is. God is still on the throne. He reigns in your life and He is able to turn everything around for your good. Exalt God above that situation by giving Him worthy praise today. And as you do He will turn your mourning into dancing., and turn every test into your testimony in Jesus Name.
PRAYER: Lord, You are always good and faithful, no matter what happens around me, Please grant me the grace to always give You worthy praise in every situation. I thank You Lord because I know You are even right now turning things around for my good in Jesus Name. .
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Your attitude always determines t your altitude in life. –WORDBITE 222.