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Friday... So, how does today look to you?


Friday... So, how does today look to you? 

Good question. From what perspective do you see today?

John 9 starts by giving us two perspectives to the same situation. Verses 1 - 3 (NLT) says, "As Jesus was walking along, he saw a man who had been blind from birth. 'Rabbi,' his disciples asked him, 'why was this man born blind? Was it because of his sins or his parent's sins?' 'It was not because of his sins or his parent's sins,' Jesus answered. 'This happened so the power of God could be seen in him.'" The disciples saw through the eyes of condemnation and excuse, Jesus saw an opportunity.

Now the disciples had probably been trained that way as so many of us are. You can't do anything because you're not smart enough, you're too short, you're the wrong sex or you're the wrong color or whatever you have been told. But that is not the way Jesus wants us to see. Yes, he sees that you are blind but he came so you can really see.

Two verses in Proverbs 28 speak to this. Verses 13 & 14 (AMP) says, "He who conceals his transgressions will not prosper, but whoever confesses his sins will find compassion and mercy. Blessed and favored by God is the man who fears [sin and consequence] at all times, but he who hardens his heart [and is determined to sin] will fall into disaster." And both of those, of course, are very true, even today. Sin has so much power but so does God. 

Yes, Jesus sees the consequences of willful sin. That is why He came to earth but in this situation he knew it was not because of their willful sin but it came about so he could show what he can do.

If something bad is happening to you or holding you back then you need to go first to God and ask his Spirit if there is any sin and if there is then confess it and if he doesn't reveal any then ask him to used it for his glory or as the scripture says as an opportunity for God's power to be seen. 

Let's say that some of those disadvantages that your parents have said about you are true but may you also see them as opportunities for God's power to be seen in and through you. But I'm short but with God that is an opportunity for God's power to be seen. But I'm the wrong color. But not to God, he created you and all of the other things that people say should be held against you. God created you the way you are with a purpose in his mind. 

So, let's view today from Jesus' perspective. Today is a day of opportunity for God's power to be seen through you and me. Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning   


 

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