People who wear glasses often cannot see things clearly without them. Things might be a little fuzzy or extremely blurry, that is until they put their prescription glasses on and suddenly things come into focus, they can clearly see and identify both people and things very accurately.
I think this is a great illustration for life. God’s “prescription” for us is his word and we “wear” that prescription through faith. Life apart from his word and without faith is confusing. It’s hard to make sense of if you can’t clearly see. However through faith in God’s word we are able to identify his purpose in our lives and he helps us see things clearly.
Take Romans 8:28 for example, “And we know that God works all things for the good of those who love him and have been called according to his purpose.” If we see life through the lens of this promise, even when things don’t make sense we can rejoice and have confidence that God will work it ALL for our good. Think about that! We can have peace and joy in the midst of our most difficult trial because God’s word helps us see things we could never see on our own (without his prescription).
So no matter what you may be going through I encourage you to find a promise in God’s word and allow it help you see the way you were meant to see.
Be encouraged today!
~John
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