Perspective

The world just doesn’t happen the way that we want it to. We can picture what our day is going to look like, and it may be pretty close, but there’s always something that we didn’t plan for, maybe even that we didn’t ask for. 

    It’s really easy to give up on God without realizing it. We slowly stop praying for something because we stop believing that it’s going to happen. We slowly stop putting our trust in God, and then we lose trust in his plan. Hearing this challenge was profound for me because I know that I have "given up" in the past.  

 

     We begin to tell ourselves that something just wasn't meant to be. That it was never going to happen. That it was never possible. We believe the lies of the devil that God just can’t do it or won't do.  We can buy into the lie that we aren't good enough or that God doesn't love us enough.

        

  

    Maybe we just have to change our perspective. Maybe I stopped believing, because I wasn't seeing. Sometimes it takes having no answer from God to realize that He’s already working. We may be praying for something, and looking and waiting, but He may have done something so much better. But we put God into a box. That causes us to miss out on all of the things that He is doing. 

       I know that there are going to be times in my life where God doesn’t answer my prayer in the way that I hoped. I know there are going to be times where I don’t feel like He is there because I can’t see Him. This is where faith comes. I want to have faith even when I can’t see. Faith is the only thing that can keep us from giving up on God. And our God is not one to give up on. 1 Thessalonians says, “ Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.”