WHAT DO YOU SEE?

"What you see and what you hear depends a great deal on where you are standing. It also depends on what sort of person you are." - C.S. Lewis

Different people, in good faith, can look at the same fact and interpret it differently. The picture painted in our minds, from our observation of a situation is dependent on where we stand or how we're standing. This is one reason why one person makes a statement and another listener gets infuriated. Why? Perception. Two people can see a glass of water and argue all day that it's half full or half empty. And I dare say, that, both of them are correct, it depends.

Everyone has the right to their interpretation of situations. What is most important is your understanding or explanation of the situation. Even though, Job couldn't exactly understand why so much calamity befell him in quick successions, he must have interpreted it differently than his wife and friends did. No wonder, his wife asked him to curse God, and die. She must've pictured sin, guilt and fault as the cause but Job saw different pictures, which is why I believe he refused to curse God. Are you going through great pain, terror and terrible losses? Has everyone advised you to go for deliverance? Or have you even been told like Job's wife, to curse God and die?

It doesn't matter what your predicament is, what picture do you see in the midst of all the pain? When you stay up at night, while others snore, what pictures flood your mind about your situation? Are they pictures of defeat, or of double blessing for your troubles? If you don't remember anything else, remember this today - standing on God's word - you're not going through that situation because of your sin. Or because you're cursed. Who knows, God might just be showing you off to the devil. Keep a positive mindset in your troubles. That devil is a liar!