Seeing ALL THINGS Through Our FATHER'S Eyes

[WISDOM]

Our FATHER is such an AWESOME, wonderful, and loving/Living GOD! HE is POWERFUL in ALL HIS ways!! So loving and merciful.......so sweet and caring. HE makes it whereby the righteous learn from their mistakes. Do YOU?! HE gave HIMSELF and fulfilled the covenant on our behalf, so that we could remain HIS and have an invitation and a place in HIS eternal, Heavenly Kingdom, which HE has prepared for us!

HE is patient and kind.......faithful and generous. HE is a TEACHER....HE is a FRIEND. HE is our blessed REDEEMER. And so.....when I think of HIM and all the beauty of HIS love and character....what have I to complain of? HE is my BEST FRIEND and the Joy of my soul. And when I see the world through HIS Words, it is good and beautiful. Though ALL of US don't, I repeat, DON'T always act right or do right, our FATHER has placed us, the Body of CHRIST here on Earth to be a Witness AND.....AND an INFLUENCE on the world/world system around us. We can allow HIM through us to shine forth HIS LIGHT in the midst of darkness. DON'T get caught up in looking at yourself from the OUTSIDE thinking our FATHER cannot use what is INSIDE of you for others to learn and know about HIM! Afterall, it's ALL about HIM and NOT you and/or I!! Looking through HIS eyes (and HIS Word) HE sees YOU and I as already perfect in CHRIST. YOU didn't surprise HIM by any of your actions, and when you sin, HE expects you to CONFESS (agree with HIM it is wrong), and REPENT, then HE forgives. Rejecting ourselves doesn't change us! What YOU do and WHO you are are two different things. HE wants you and I to mainly agree that in CHRIST we are made righteous, NOT of ourselves!!

We can allow HIM through us to bring love and restoration in the midst of HATRED and DESTRUCTION. We can allow the good in us to conquer the evil around us. Is it easy? Heck no! Belive me it isn't always easy. Many of YOU like myself gloat when something bad happens to our enemies!! But, should we (Psalm 37:1-4....Proverbs 24:17-18). Listen, at any and every level of life, unsavory people are going to show up uninvited and unannounced, and because of your/my Christian faith engage in a cursory investigation of the things we do/say, with the full intent to launch a vicious, underhanded attack upon your/my motives and integrity. It is a fact of life. Satan hates us and hounds us minute by minute, always looking for an opening to discredit us. YET, our FATHER says GOOD ALWAYS CONQUERS EVIL!! (Romans 12).

So when I'm battling and fighting (mentally, verbally or physically), and my heart feels heavy, I take my eyes off of my frustrations and place them on my loving FATHER (looking through HIS eyes). Instead of seeing the bad in people, I'm learning daily to see their good....their heart, gifts, and abilities. I see their POTENTIAL to be used by JESUS CHRIST to grow in HIS grace and knowledge and to win MORE lost souls into our FATHER's Kingdom. It is the right thing to do EVEN THOUGH oftentimes you and I DON'T/MAY NOT see it that way. CHRIST wants us to be FAITHFUL and OBEDIENT to our calling. HE gives us our "orders". HE paid a great price so that THEY TOO could be HIS!

Through the eyes of GOD and HIS Word, the ENTIRE world is beautiful. That's right.....everything. Just stop for a moment from whatever you're doing (besides reading this) and think........think WHO could create the gorgeous view and blend of nature, but HIM?! I sit in my front yard, which is beautiful. I pride myself on keeping it's landscaping neat, trim, and floral. I have a set of Cardinals (male/female) and a male Bluejay that have come back every year for the last 18 years annually. There are Doves (brown) who frequent the trees in my yard. It is so beautiful listening to the birds sing. The sound of singing birds in the morning. The play of the little rascals known as squirrels....the shining sun.....the blue skies and green grass. The "every-now-and-then" jack rabbits who scurry across my backyard teach us valuable lessons in life when we observe them and watch their ways, and listen to what the HOLY SPIRIT will say to us through watching/observing them. We have a wonderful FATHER! *soft smile*

The wind that blows such a refreshing breeze....the sun rises and sets.....the moon sprinkles its Light all over the same yard in all its splendor (whenever it is full). It's ALL good! And PEOPLE...neighbors, co-workers, friends and associates, family and acquaintances...they ALL have a heart. No matter how they act or what they do, deep down inside of each of them is a little child. Sometimes the child is hurt and angry. Other times the child is wounded. Sometimes the child is AFRAID and other times the child is happy...listen and hear the SPIRIT speak........When we point our fingers and JUDGE, we may really be judging a "HURTING Little Child", who our FATHER wants to help. No matter how rude a person is or how unjust their actions are perceived to be, if YOU know CHRIST as your LORD/SAVIOUR, you MUST see them through the loving eyes of our FATHER. No matter how hard it is, and I KNOW it's hard to do sometimes! But we must ask GOD for the grace and strength to do so. Think....how do we know what has led them to be that way or what unbearable pain they're possibly carrying deep inside their heart/mind? You see, people in their original nature are good. They are a reflection of the living GOD, which is why Satan HATES us! We're born of GOD (born again Believers). He (Satan) was a CREATED being. He can NEVER understand what SALVATION is!!!

Now, don't be fooled...we can be perverted by the Enemy, and MANY, MANY times we are, however, we can ALSO be RESTORED (1 John 1:9), saved, and healed to unveil the true GOD-like nature hidden deep within us. The struggle with SIN is in my opinion the hardest part of the Christian's "walk"/"journey". If you've never done it before, open your Bible and highlight/circle/underline ACTS 13:39. When YOU battle daily with sin, ALWAYS remember this verse. The word, "ALL" is an absolute term. It must encompass the totality of our sins.......PAST.......PRESENT.......and FUTURE in order to be true. If YOU or I are not to be forgiven of the sins we'll commit tomorrow (should we be privileged to see the Light of day), then the word, "ALL" CANNOT be used for it WOULD NOT truly be ALL!!

Now....This is no "LICENSE TO SIN". It is a GUARANTEE of the saving POWER of the Blood of JESUS CHRIST! Don't YOU want others to know about this??! If so, then have the COMPASSION of our LORD/SAVIOUR. Look at ALL things through our FATHER's eyes, and NOT your own. It is the good things of life we must come to know and meditate upon. This gives us a positive view that CAN CHANGE the world and make it better in and around us, KNOWING we are only "passing through". Place your eyes upon JESUS. Meditate on the goodness of our FATHER. Think upon HIS Words of Life....ALWAYS. Then, shall the LIGHT OF CHRIST "shine" ever so brightly through YOUR life that HE may be GLORIFIED and EXULTED for ALL to see!

May the NAME of the LORD, the NAME which is ABOVE ALL Names be GLORIFIED and PROCLAIMED throughout the Earth, and may YOUR/MY eyes see HIS Beauty Always!! Receive HIS approval, and see the world AND YOURSELF as HE sees YOU, and accept who YOU are right now KNOWING YOU will not always remain this way, but YOU are on YOUR way to spiritual maturity in spite of YOUR weaknesses!!

**PHILIPPIANS 1:6.....ROMANS 8:28......EPHESIANS 1:18

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AMEN AMEN AMEN!! Excellent Brother!

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May the NAME of the LORD, the NAME which is ABOVE ALL Names be GLORIFIED and PROCLAIMED throughout the Earth, and may YOUR/MY eyes see HIS Beauty Always!! Receive HIS approval, and see the world AND YOURSELF as HE sees YOU, and accept who YOU are right now KNOWING YOU will not always remain this way, but YOU are on YOUR way to spiritual maturity in spite of YOUR weaknesses!!

It is so true that I can get frustrated with the difficulties in my spiritual walk, and become disheartened. I become impatient and restless. But all I have to do is look back over my life. What mercy and grace our Father has blessed me with! And I know that He continues to work in my life, and IN ME. WooHoo! Thank you Father.

We have to remember that everyone that we deal with is experiencing the same problems that we are. However, if they are unsaved, their problems are worse. They have no true joy and peace in their hearts. They have no reassuring talk with the Father to calm fears or to find answers. They have no true encouragement. But all that can change with the planting of seeds. We can allow the light of Jesus to shine through us to reach out to them. We can be there for them. We should be there for them. We once were them.

When we see things through HIS eyes we realize that we've been looking at the wrong things.

Thank you WISDOM. As always, you make me think Brother. :il: