Big vs. Small

There are times when things appear so big, but in reality, they are small. There are other times when some things appear really small and insignificant, and it’s really big and very significant. I think sometimes the lens I look through can be very distorted and a bit wacked out. If I look at life through the window of my own experiences, I will be very limited. That is a perspective that comes in to play in my life for sure. If I learn to look at life through the window of God’s Word and His view of things, it always looks significantly different. There are times in the Psalms where the struggle is very raw and very real. There are other times when it appears that the writing is having an amazing time of fellowship with the Lord. When things appear bigger than they really are, it affects my response to them dramatically. Check this out….

¹ Declare me innocent, O God!
    Defend me against these ungodly people.
    Rescue me from these unjust liars.
² For you are God, my only safe haven.
    Why have you tossed me aside?
Why must I wander around in grief,
    oppressed by my enemies?
³ Send out your light and your truth;
    let them guide me.
Let them lead me to your holy mountain,
    to the place where you live.
⁴ There I will go to the altar of God,
    to God—the source of all my joy.
I will praise you with my harp,
    O God, my God! (Psalm 43:1-4 NLT)

I need the Lord’s Presence in me every day. I don’t ever need a break from Him directing and giving guidance to my life. The times that I screw things up are when I ignore His prompting or His clear direction for my life.

I read a great book not long ago titled “When People are BIG and God is small”by Ed Welch. This is a fantastic read on perspective. People pleasing is a huge issue with a lot of people. I want to live my life to please the Lord. He is the One Who holds the keys to my future.  When My relationship with Him is hurt, I actually go to Him for healing and understanding regarding why I’m hurting. I must see all my relationships here through the lens of the Lord and not through the lens of my own experiences. He is the Creator of all of us and He made us for relationship with Him and with one another. When my relationship with the Lord is struggling, it’s always my own doing. He is always the same, full of love, consistent and full of grace. I’m the one with the forgetful heart for sure.

I want to see God as big and me as small. I want to see my stuff in light of who He has called me to be.

Pressing On!

Dwayne