A Matter of Perspective
February 6
For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My
ways, declares the Lord. As the heavens are higher than the earth,
so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your
thoughts.
Isaiah 55:8–9
Through a clear and cloudless sky, the jet banked hard left, preparing for final
approach. Looking out the window, the businessman saw the hand and heard
the voice of God. There, below him, was a single, fluffy, white cloud. Centered
on the cloud was a perfect, vibrantly colored rainbow—not an arch as we see
from the ground, but a perfect circle. And in the center of it all was the shadow
of his plane cast by the noonday sun.
In that moment God whispered, “This is My promise. There is no place
that exists outside my love; no valley is below this circle; no mountain rises
above it. There is no east; there is no west; there is only my love. This is My
promise.”
There wasn’t time to snap a picture before the plane leveled out, but that
didn’t matter; he would never forget the image. A sense of peace replaced his
harried and stress-filled mind.
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Following the flood, God promised Noah to never again destroy the earth with
water. His covenant was the first recorded rainbow. “I have set my bow in the
cloud.” Never having witnessed one before, Noah must have been awestruck!
In the fourth chapter of Revelation, John describes how God remembers
that promise: “A rainbow resembling an emerald, encircling the Throne of
God,” not arching above it, but encircling the throne, all encompassing and
never ending, just like God’s promises.
The image and the whisper through the window of that plane let the busi-
nessman know that God was aware of his life and the problems he faced. From
God’s perspective, the things we deal with and witness each day are usually not
what they appear to be; there is a purpose. God asks that we trust Him to work
in our lives for that purpose.
Prayer
“Lord, I don’t look at things the way You do. Help me to
see what You see as I look at the issues of my life. Help
me to trust in Your promise. In Jesus’ Name, amen.”
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