BBD 07.05.13 Limited Vision (Classic)
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07.05.13
Limited Vision
Call to Me, and I will answer you, and show you great and mighty things,
which you do not know. - Jeremiah 33:3.
Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask
or think, according to the power that works in us, to Him be glory in the church
by Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen. - Ephesians
3:20-21.
When I was in middle and high school, I would sometimes
think about whom I might marry. There were a couple of girls that I had hopes
for but none of them were really interested in me in that way. I have often
wondered what would have happened if I had asked God who He wanted me to marry.
Would He have told me? Possibly.
I grew up on a farm four and a half miles south of I-40
in western Oklahoma. Looking west from there, I could see for about seven miles
to where a ridge blocked my view. My wife (Jeanie) grew up on a farm five miles
south of I-40 in western Oklahoma. Fourteen miles west of where I grew up was
where my future wife lived. If I had gone to the dirt road south of my house
and driven 14 miles west, I would have arrived at her home. I could see seven
miles but it was not far enough to see my future wife.
I had limited vision when I was a teenager and I still
have limited vision. My physical and mental vision does not allow me to see
very far. Now, I can reasonably plan for today, tomorrow, the next few weeks,
and even months. But that does not mean that I know for certain that my plan
will actually be workable. Because I cannot see into the future with a certainty.
We make our plans, and we should - but only God knows what tomorrow holds.
When I was a teenager, I did not know Jesus as my
personal Savior. I was spiritually lost. What a difference it would have made
in my life at that point if I had known Christ as my Savior. I could have
talked to Him during the difficult times and He could have led me in the right
way through so many times that I know now I made bad decisions. My vision was
very limited but His was and is infinite.
God says to you and I, "Call to Me." In other
words, "Talk to Me." If we will simply ask God, talk to Him,
He promises what? He promises to, "answer
you, and show you great and mighty things, which you do not know." We may not think that God can help us or reveal to us
anything that we ourselves cannot do or see. However, the apostle Paul says
about God that He is, "able to do
exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think…." God is able to go beyond our limited physical, human
abilities. He can go beyond anything that we are capable of thinking, dreaming,
or conceiving in our minds. He is above us in His capabilities. His vision is
not limited. He knows what will happen tomorrow with a certainty. He knows what
will happen next year and the year after with a certainty.
Do you have a vision problem? Do you have some other kind of problem? Why deny
yourself the wisdom, vision, and help of God? He pleads with you to, "Call to Me." Perhaps,
now is a very good time to do exactly that.
Copyright © 2006-2013. Ed
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