Sometime when the enemy rages against us our perspective becomes distraught. We begin to look at the situation in front of us rather than what God can do and what He is trying to tell us. When our perspective gets pulled away from God’s perspective, we can become depressed and even hope deferred. The enemy wants us to turn and question God about or even blame Him for the situation we are in. God would say if you were looking through My perspective you would see that it has already been taken care of and that there was nothing to worry about.
It isn’t always the devil’s fault for the situations we get ourselves into. Sometimes our own decision-making process can get us into a situation especially when it is financial. I just want to make that clear. Just because something bad is happening in our lives doesn’t mean the devil is attacking. We all have decisions to make, and sometimes those decisions are wrong, and we must reap the consequences of those decisions.
Even with that the enemy can show up and try to keep our perspective distorted and off of God. The enemy knows that if our perspective is on God then we will see things a whole lot clearer and will see answers to our problems.
This reminds me of a story in the Bible about Elisha and his servant found in 2 Kings 6:11-17 NASB. In this passage we find that the king of Aram was trying to bring attacks against Israel, but each time his plans were foiled. Finally, the king asked his servants which one was for Israel and it was discovered that God was telling Elisha the plans of the enemy. Elisha would hear from God and tell the king of Israel the things that K`ing Aram would say in his bedroom. This enraged King Aram and in return he sent an army to surround the town that Elisha was staying at. In the morning, Elisha’s attendant or servant went out and saw the great army surrounding the city. The servant’s perception was looking at the situation in front of him. He lost sight of God’s perspective. Here this servant was following, and seeing the miracles that God was doing at the hand of Elisha, but the enemy got him to lose his heavenly sight.
We see in the latter part of verse 15 thru 17. And his servant said to him, “Alas, my master! What shall we do?” 16 So he answered, “Do not fear, for those who are with us are more than those who are with them.” 17 Then Elisha prayed and said, “O Lord, I pray, open his eyes that he may see.” And the Lord opened the servant’s eyes and he saw; and behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha.
Elisha wasn’t afraid because he could see the heavenly perspective and knew God’s army was much bigger than the enemies that stood before them. We see later that Elisha prayed again that the enemy would be blinded. When the enemy lost their sight, everyone led them out away from the city thus ending the threat.
So, when our situations get to the point when we are looking at them and trying to figure out what to do. We should stop, pause, and ask God to open our eyes that we may see through our heavenly perspective. If we ask God will show us things about our situation and in return it will help strengthen our faith. Walking in faith is an important part of our Christian walk, and it can become easier to walk out when we use our heavenly perspective.
I pray that God opens everyone’s eyes so that you may see through a different set of eyes, thus giving you the tools to be victorious over your situations.
Blessings All,
Eric Schroeder