Faith and a photograph.
We see a photograph. We picture us in it. We try to experience and see it from our own angle and how we can relate to it. How we can plug it in to our past experiences or maybe even imagine what it would be like. What it looks like outside just that frame. Sometimes we even think we took the picture. It often relates to the body of Christ and where we all are in our own lives. God has the picture already taken and printed. But we continue to try to paint and imagine the picture from our own angle verses what God already has planned for us. Often times we think we see the whole picture or try to figure it out at that exact moment. This day in age, we’re impatient due to all the short cuts and quick fixes. Because of this, we as christians so many times ask “Why God?”. Then we see another detail we missed before because we didn’t see it then. He always surprises us and He always brings us up on the other side. Even when we say “I can’t do this”.
In 1st Peter 4:12 it says, “Friends, when life gets really difficult, don’t jump to the conclusion that God isn’t on the job. Instead, be glad that you are in the very thick of what Christ experienced. This is a spiritual refining process, with glory just around the corner.
So why do we ask so often? We focus more on our own angle than just trusting God’s angle for us. He lined up the picture. He has it in focus. He has already captured it. So trust in His view. Our view starts as blurring and unfocused through His lens. The more we pour into Him, the more focused it becomes.
So I challenge you to stop trying to predict what the focused picture may look like. What your life will look like down the road. And set your goals on focusing your lens so you can see how beautiful a photographer God is when He lets you see the whole picture. For when you get past that thick struggle and then look back and see the clarity. Live where you are. He put you there and there’s beauty in it. You just need to focus your lens. It’s Gods picture, not ours.
So I ask, how focused are you?
