AN EXCERPT FROM LYNNE’S MESSAGE “FROM GOD’S PERSPECTIVE” SPOKEN AT WAIUKU AGLOW SEPTEMBER 18TH 2014
Imagine if we viewed life from a heavenly perspective every day. How would that change our lives?
James Irwin when he landed on the moon was in awe as he saw the earth the size of a golf ball. He felt that if God could give his son to save our small earth he in turn would go back to earth and dedicate his life to the ministry. He took a golf ball with him always to remind him of this perspective. The enemy magnifies things out of proportion. We often see little problems magnified. Our prayer lives are guided by earth’s magnification and not by heaven’s viewpoint.
We need to see the world, people, situations and ourselves from God’s perspective. How can we do this? The bottom line is spending time daily in God’s presence reading the Word, listening to God and having regular times of praise and worship. We need to see ourselves seated with Christ in heavenly places as we believe what He says about us. Jesus defeated the enemy in the wilderness with the Word of God so too we must do the same. Then we go out into our day with expectation on how God will use us to touch this hurting world.
The more I go on in my walk with God I realize it’s all about being less of me and allowing God to have His way in my life. I’m not to make my plans and fit God around them. I’m to see what God’s plans are first and partner with God in His plans. I need to die to myself daily. God needs an empty vessel to fill with Himself.