On Watching A Parade
HEBREWS 11:6
Without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is and that He is a rewarder of those who seek Him.
As you travel down the road to your destiny, always keep in mind that God is very different from us. That seems obvious, but it’s easy to forget if you begin to focus on your circumstances rather than on Him. One of the major differences between God and us is that we have different viewpoints. Take a parade, for example. We watch a parade progressively. We watch one band come down the path after another. We watch the parade go by one entry at a time. Yet God sees the whole parade at the same time. God is not bound in time the way we are. He doesn’t have to wait for each float to turn the corner. From the starting point to the finish, He sees the whole parade. He sees the whole package.
That’s why “without faith it is impossible to please God.” You’ve got to believe He sees what you can’t. You’ve got to believe His perspective includes the entire event even though you can’t see around the corner. It’s easy to be worried, sad, or disappointed when things don’t go your way. But when that happens, remember that this particular segment of time is not the whole story. It’s just a part of the parade; it’s not the whole parade. God doesn’t struggle with disappointment, fear, and worry, because He knows the end from the beginning. He knows what’s next and how each piece connects. Has something ever happened to you that you wished had never happened… only to discover some months or years later that it was a positive thing after all? Had it not happened, you wouldn’t have learned an important lesson, or you wouldn’t have gotten to the next stage of your journey or started an important relationship. Whatever it was, hindsight changed your perspective—you now valued what once disappointed you. In pursuing and living out your destiny, always give God the benefit of the doubt because His perspective is like no other—He knows all, and it all makes sense to Him. Trust Him, even when you can’t see what’s up ahead. After all, God does some of His best work in the dark.
Lord, give me the kind of faith that pleases You. Grant me Your grace and favor so that I may grow in this area and truly trust You in all that I do and in all that happens to me.
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