I remembered this morning, the black and
white Television box we used to own many years ago. With it, we would watch
programs and video cassettes excitedly; there was no need complaining of the quality of pictures of the TV because that was all we had and there were not too many
colour-TVs around with which we could make comparisons.
Fast forward to today; In retrospect, I
realise how we had been short-changed and deprived of seeing the same things
from better perspectives, especially with the advent of hi-tech Televisions in
different sizes, amazing resolutions, integrated Internet capabilities with
features that offer more advanced computing ability and connectivity than a
contemporary basic television set….Needless to mention the invention of the 3D
Television.….. Phew!
The technology then wasn't just capable of
giving us what we have now. We couldn't see any better because of technological
limitations. However that didn't remove the fact that we could see things in a
brighter way if only we had a better TV that had colour which would make the
pictures sharper and the overall content more appealing.
Let me drive the point home….When we look at circumstances around us from our own perspectives, all we can get from them are the white and black images like what the old TV would offer: Difficulties in opportunities, pain in what should be gainful, stories in what should give glory , shame from what should give us fame and whatnot. However, when we choose to look at them from God’s perspectives, through the eye of His word, we get the real colour, the best images and the sharpest resolution of whatever life brings our way.
God has existed from ancients untraceable and
like I noted in my last post, His rule transcends generations from ages past to
interminable eternity. He can never be technologically bound or limited. He has
been hi-tech even before the alphabets existed. He sees 1 million years ahead
and that’s why He could tell Abraham he would become a father of nations 25
years before he had a child. Isaiah prophesied that Jesus would bare our pain,
sorrows, grief and sicknesses almost 700 years even before Jesus came. Why? God
already had seen it happen; the Lamb had been slain from the foundations of the
world (rev 13:8).
Let me share one interesting story from the
Bible with you. Jacob had worked for Laban his uncle for many years by
tendering his sheep and it was time for him to exit. So he entered into an
agreement with Laban that all the speckled animals in the flock of sheep and
goats would be his whilst his uncle Laban would have all the spotless ones (they
were obviously more). He however did something that produced some mind boggling
results.
Let’s
read Genesis in chapter 30: 37Then Jacob
took some fresh branches from poplar, almond, and plane trees and peeled off
strips of bark, making white streaks on them. 38Then he placed these peeled branches in the
watering troughs where the flocks came to drink, for that was where they mated. 39And when they mated in front of the
white-streaked branches, they gave birth to young that were streaked, speckled,
and spotted.
Look at that! A natural act had the capacity
to influence something supernatural. The animals whilst reproducing, because
they were “seeing” the sticks placed in front of them, reproduced what they
were seeing. (Read the entire chapter to get a better understanding of this
story).Whoever gave Jacob that inspiration did Him an eternal good. Who else
can do such, if not the Almighty God Himself! Laban intended to cheat Jacob but
this formula Jacob adopted outwitted Laban’s intentions!
God doesn't joke with issues of what He sees
and He doesn’t expect us to joke with ours. We are capable of becoming what we
see. It is interesting that when He
wanted to pass a message to Jeremiah, He asked him: “What do you see” (Jeremiah
1:11- Moreover
the word of the LORD came to me, saying, “Jeremiah, what do you see? “And I
said, “I see a branch of an almond tree.”12.Then the LORD said to me, “You have
seen well, for I am ready to perform My word)
If Jeremiah had not seen well, He wouldn't
have gone any further. God told him he had seen well and that He was ready to
perform His word. ….”. Until our vision
changes, we most likely are not ready to see the word of God performed in our
lives. In Genesis chapter 1, God Himself “saw” that was He created was good and
He was happy with it. Don’t forget that He chose to speak Light over the
despicable state of the earth. He wasn't perturbed by the formlessness and void
situation. He spoke and they came to be; how he wanted them. He called those
things that be not as though they were…..
Be like your Father- See what He sees.
I love the lyrics of this beautiful song by
Paul Mortion and I leave you with it…
Help me to see me
the way You see me
sometimes I see pain Lord
when You see victory
I see where I am Lord
You see where I shall be
open my eyes, help me believe
I am what You see
(Repeat)
You see me victorious
You see me faithful
You see me believing
that You are able
You see me rejoicing
cause I have survived
open my eyes, help me believe
I am what You see
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh (repeat)
I am healed, I am free
I am what You see (x2)
(Repeat x4)
Open my eyes, help me to see,
I am what You see
The Pen......
Great work Mrs Adesakin, I work with gemWoman Magazine, Mrs Olawale, the Publisher gave me your blog address to visit and commend its very inspiring.
ReplyDeleteI would also send your blog address to the editorial team to visit as well and follow up for any possible write ups.
gemWoman Magazine
Dear Ma'am,
DeleteThank you for your kind words. I appreciate a great deal. I hope they find it inspiring as well and I do look forward to writing for gemWoman!