Encounter By Diyanne Podhaczky

Perspective is a powerful thing. It is a premise, which can shape and transform our lives. It is something we can choose to shift and focus wherever it most pleases us.

Perspective can relate to our entire worldview; how we see the bigger picture. It can also determine the way we respond to specific circumstances that we face in everyday life. It is a powerful thing when we afford God space and freedom to shift our perspective and allow Him to realign and enlarge our vision.

We become less concerned with ourselves and the ‘importance’ of our own agendas and find ourselves more able to focus our attention on God. Perhaps, in turn, this allows us to ‘love others as we love ourselves’ (because we sure know-how to love ourselves). John the Baptist had things in proper perspective when he stated,

“He must increase, but I must decrease” Jn 3:30.

Encountering God daily keeps our focus on things that matter. Instead of allowing the demands and busyness of life distract and lower our gaze upon ourselves or the concerns of this world, let us affix God at the very core of all we do and who we are.

“Seek ye first the Kingdom of God, and His righteousness; and all these things shall be added to you” (Matt 6:33).

When we seek the perspective and vision of God and allow it to invade our own, we see things in a much different manner. Despair turns to hope. Greed turns to contentedness. Darkness to light. Weakness to strength perfected. Sorrow is traded for joy. Sin erased by grace abundant. Death is transformed into a salvation life. Perhaps perspective can be best summed up by the old refrain,

“Turn your eyes upon Jesus,
Look full in His wonderful face,
And the things of earth will grow strangely dim,
In the light of His glory and grace.”