Don't Believe Everything You See

Several years ago I was watching TV with my wife.  I said "We really need to get a new TV."  I had brought this up several times and so she said "Tell me; why do you think we need a new TV?"  That is fair because I do like a good upgrade.  This was not the case this time.  My response was "Something is wrong with this TV.  The picture is getting  so blurry.  Like the words on the screen right now, look at how blurry they are."  I envisioned that conversation leading me to Best Buy.  Instead, it led me to the eye doctor.  

Being able to see is sometimes the worst thing for our vision.  What we see can lead us to limit what we view as possible.   I saw blurry words on a screen and the solution that I envisioned was a new TV.  If I would have bought a new TV the words on the screen would still had been blurry.  

In the Bible the Israelites had made it to the promised land (See Numbers 13-14)  Moses sent twelve spies into the land to see what they were facing.  Ten of the spies saw giants and they envisioned defeat.  Joshua and Caleb saw things differently than the other spies.  They saw an opportunity for God to show up and evisioned a life of living in the blessing of God.  

David saw things differently than the rest of the army of Israel (See I Samuel 17).  King Saul and the rest of the army saw a giant with a perfect fighting record.  They envisioned defeat.  David saw a loud mouth fool that was defying the one true God.  David envisioned God giving victory over the enemy.  

What are you facing now that is hard to see to the other side?  Where in your life do you need to put on some "God colored glasses" so you can envision victory and blessing?  Don't allow yourself to be so fixated on what you see that you miss what is possible.  

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