For March 4th:

“Talk no more so very proudly, 
let not arrogance come from your mouth;
 for the LORD is a God of knowledge,
 and by him actions are weighed.” 1 Samuel 2:3

“Do you know the balancings of the clouds, 
the wondrous works of him who is perfect in knowledge.” Job 37:16

“Great is our Lord and mighty in power;
 his understanding has no limit.” Psalm 147:5 

Have you ever gone back to visit a place from your childhood?  Perhaps you have had occasion to walk through the halls of your elementary school, set foot on a much-loved playground,  or revisited a grandparent’s front porch?  The hallways seem much smaller, the merry-go-round is less than waist-high, and the wrap-around porch seems to have shrunk to an almost unrecognizable scale. 

Have those physical places changed?  No, but you have.  The dimensions and reality of their existence has remained true, but your perception of them has changed as you have grown. 

Many times we face and assess situations that seem quite obvious.   Maybe we make quick judgments of someone’s actions or intentions.  Or, we make decisions on how to proceed based only on our own assessments or feelings.  We don’t see eye-to-eye with our spouse or a friend, and we are convinced that we are right because of the way we see the situation.  “Why can’t that other person see this?  It is so clear” we might say or think to ourselves.   Then, through time, our perspective changes as we begin to be able to see more clearly, more broadly, and from the perspective of others .  God wants to show us that our vision is so often limited and He, the One who Sees and Knows all, wants to “grow” us as we learn to trust Him to broaden our perspective.   

 Prayer:  Lord, how grateful we are that your vision and knowledge are perfect !  And, that you want to share that wisdom and vision with us is both humbling and comforting.  Create in us the desire to enlarge our perspective with Your help.

Jody Riggs