The best perspective

When negativity gets the first word in, what we think about ourselves or about what we're doing isn't likely to be altogether positive. Hmm, no surprises there. Here's a good acid-test: what do we spend most of our time talking about? Is it uplifting or downgrading? We all need reminding that God sees us as a new creation, bought back from darkness because of Jesus (see 2 Corinthians 5:17). He wants us to know how loved we are in his sight.

How do we share this loving perspective? Too often we're only looking through our short-sighted view of life. But God sees our future. What does he say about that? He's a God who wants to give us 'a future and a hope' (Jeremiah 29:11 NLT). He sees our past, too. What does he say about that? Like the apostle Paul (who had a pretty grim past), he wants us to make a habit of 'forgetting what is behind' (Philippians 3:13 NIV).

So, for a fresh perspective we need to, 'set [our] minds on things above, not on earthly things' (Colossians 3:2 NIV). God's ways are so much higher than ours, meaning that the chance of him having the right perspective on life is about 100%. Checking in with him safeguards us from the lies that Satan tries to implant in our mind, and shows us how much we can actually do with God.



So what now? Pray to see your life more and more through God's perspective.





— SCRIPTURE —

'Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things.' Colossians 3:2 NIV
— SOULFOOD —

Acts 6-7, Matt 2:19-23, Ps 130, Pro 10:24-26