The forest and the trees…….
Can you not see the forest for the trees? It’s and old saying that holds much truth. We often are so focused on the details of life that we fail to see the big picture. I had an experience yesterday that helped me refocus on the forest, the big picture. I had four phone conversation all unrelated except in one way, they were all God directed. It does matter who the conversations were with, but since they were private, I will not reveal that information, but in each call God revealed himself in a unique way. One was with a friend that needed encouragement, one with a friend that was struggling though a tough patch of life, another with a friend that was filled with joy and insight into spiritual things, and one with a friend that appreciated my concern for him and his wife. All of them directed my focus back to God.
God offers us provision, grace, acceptance, love, meaning for our lives, and most of all, forgiveness! If we give Him our lives, if we let go and trust Him, He will provide our every need, and will allow nothing to ever happen to us that is not for our good. Even the bad circumstances of life that drive us closer to Him are for our benefit!
God moved me to make those four calls, and I benefited greatly, and He saw to it that the four people I talked to benefited as well! That is God’s way, the perfect way, the complete way.
If you focus on Him you will see both the trees and the forest.
Blessings,
the pilgrim
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Right on, Bill, right on.
Thanks Larry!
Blessings. A message I needed to hear today. Thank you.
A message we all need to hear, every day!
amen brother
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Thanks Joshua!
My mother used to say, “The Lord works in strange ways.” AMEN to that Bill, and thanks for allowing Him to work through you.
Funny. You don’t hear in today’s society much about the word “sin.” I mean, as an old Catholic, we had it beaten into us at an early age…lol. But as I look back as an old man I realize that the greatest sin is either to deny someone the use of their God given talents or equally to fail to use them yourself.
Today we hear cries of racism and discrimination from people too young to know what the ugly face of that looked like and they mistake equality of access to be a guarantee of equal results. But so often I look at those who shout the loudest about those who have participated the least and have to wonder if they have always used the talents and opportunities they have been given. People gave their lives for such things as the right to vote, earn a living and get an education. But if you don’t vote, don’t complain. If you don’t go to school and do your best, don’t complain about the lack of an education. And if you don’t have an education, don’t complain about the lack of a good job. The world isn’t perfect. There will always be people of ill-will. But when we complain about what we think is wrong, maybe God is whispering to us that we should start by looking in a mirror.
I’ve often thought, there are two steps to affective ministry:
1. Wait on God.
2. Say yes when He tells you what to do!