Psalm 34:3-4, ‘Oh magnify The Lord with me and let us exalt His Name together, I sought The Lord and He heard me and delivered me from all my fears’.

DAILY READING –      Mark 7:14-37; 2 Samuel 18; Daniel 11:21-45

The story was once  told of a little boy who was bothered by a big bully down the street. One day his father bought him a new telescope. He was looking through the wrong end, when he saw the bully coming down the street. And as he looked at the bully through the telescope, suddenly the bully looked so small. And the boy found he was no longer afraid of him. So the little boy realized that as long as he could look at the bully from the end of the telescope  that he made him look small, he was no longer afraid of him.

Perhaps also we should look at problems from the ‘other side of the telescope.’ Too often we magnify the problem rather than God. In Numbers 13, Moses sent 12 men to spy out the land, 10 said they are giants; we can’t defeat them. Joshua and Caleb said they may be big but our God is bigger. ‘we are well able to take the land’.

While the ten men focused on the problems; Joshua and Caleb focused on the promise. The difference between the two groups was perspective. Joshua and Caleb had another spirit, they knew their God was bigger than the problem. Likewise could it be that our own wrong perspective is keeping us out of our Promised Land?

David could get to the throne because he had a right perspective of God. When David faced Goliath he never called him a giant. In 1 Samuel 17 he called goliath an uncircumcised Philistine. He didn’t even give him credit for being big.

While the Israelites were intimidated and afraid, and thought David didn’t have a chance, David knew he was strong in the Lord and in the power of His might. While they thought goliath was too big to hit, David  said  he was too big to miss. The difference between the Israelites and David was perspective. David knew how to magnify his God. He said in Psalm 34:3, ‘‘Oh magnify The Lord with me and let us exalt His Name together,.’

To be victorious in battles we must have the right perspective that the Most High God is on our side. We should learn to make our boast in The Lord. You can’t talk defeat and expect to have victory. In 1 Samuel 17:45. David said to the Philistine, “You come against me with sword and spear and javelin, but I come against you in the name of the Lord Almighty, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied.’

David made his boast in The Lord. And through confidence in his God he brought down the head of goliath. No matter what you are faced with today, see it from God’s Point of view. There is nothing too hard for God to do. Like Abraham, consider not your negative circumstance but rather consider the greatness of Your God. If the issue seems insurmountable, turn the telescope around and look at things from God’s perspective. That mountain can be leveled, the hill can be made plain. God said to ‘Abraham, I am the God of all flesh is anything too hard for me?’

Indeed there is nothing too hard for our God. Whatever situation may face us today, let us be assured that God is able to do what He said He will do. Even if it seems impossible to men, truly to our God all things are possible.

PRAYER: Lord, I thank You that indeed, nothing is impossible with you. Whatever I may face today, I know You are bigger and greater than them and even now You are working all things together for my good in Jesus Name. . .

QUOTE

God will never allow the flames of trial to burn you more than is necessary. – WORDBITE 222.