Perspective

Perspective can make or break us. It can shift our attitude, which shifts the decisions we make and the way we choose to live.

It’s important to see things from God’s perspective.

 

It’s easy for me to get a one-track mind and go toward a dream the Lord has given me. In this case, it’s living in Kenya and wanting to start up what we have been planning with Camp Vision. But I think a one-track mind can lead to loss of perspective and less space for God to move. And anything extra, anything that seems to inhibit or take time away from the dream becomes a hassle or source of frustration.

 

Honestly, it has been frustrating for me to be in Kenya already a week and a half and not be able to go down to the camp daily. I can see the people the Lord has given me a huge heart for, but I have spent time with them only twice.
But the Lord has been telling us to have patience with this continual process. And he has been changing and renewing my perspective. He has been saying: yes, you are here to help the IDPs, but they are not the sole ones I have called you to love.
As Matt said today in team time, a lot of Jesus’ ministry happened along the way, it was while he was headed somewhere that he would stop and relate, heal, or encourage someone in need of Him.

 

So yes, I still want to be down in the camp every day, but the Lord wants to do more and iron out a few more things before that happens. And he has renewed my perspective and given me his: to see every person as his beloved and to be in his presence constantly in whatever place I’m in with whoever I’m with.

 

Thank you, God, for your perspective of love.

 

Read more updates on camp vision and our team’s doings at our team site: kenyainitiative.org.