I don’t know about you, but I want everything in my life to be as fine as frog hair. However, when I face turbulence or unwelcome circumstances, I can’t rest until the issue is resolved. Those of you who really know me know I’m dead serious! I’m a fixer, a problem solver. But when my energy, influence, and determination fail to bring an immediate solution, I get uncomfortable—very uncomfortable.
Over time, I’ve learned an important truth: circumstances can easily rule our emotions, but God doesn’t want us to live at the mercy of our emotions, life events, or even the hopeless perspectives we sometimes adopt about them. Here’s the fact: we can rise above our circumstances by looking at them through a vertical lens—God’s perspective.
In Daniel 3:16-17, just before King Nebuchadnezzar was about to throw Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego into the fiery furnace, they boldly declared, “We have no need to answer you in this matter. If this be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and He will deliver us out of your hand.” On God, you’d think these three had FaceTimed Him right before they were summoned to the king! But we know they didn’t need to. Instead, they made a conscious decision to trust Him—no matter the consequences.
Why? Because God knows the end from the beginning and the beginning from the end. That means we can trust Him to always take care of us. When we do, our problems become like minor turbulence on the way to “Destination Peace.”
My brothers and sisters, I encourage you to stop Trying to Repair Every Situation Solo (S.T.R.E.S.S.) and remember Horizontal circumstances pushes us to vertical praise and in the end God always win!!
It’s your choice. No matter how hard it is to break old habits or change your perspective, you can choose to rise above unwelcome circumstances. Trust God, and leave the consequences to Him.
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