SEEING IN LINE WITH GOD

THE HIGHER ALTITUDE
 
“I am the LORD, the God of all mankind. Is anything too hard for me?” Jeremiah 32:27

On board a plane flying from a high altitude, it is interesting how skyscrapers can appear like tiny ants. One can actually delve into a world that mentally views skyscrapers as minute structures. We serve a God that sees from a higher perspective than us human beings. He says in Isaiah 55:8-9, “For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways. For as the Heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.”

In this life, situations and conditions we view and think are unconquerable, if perceived through God’s eye rather than our human eye will shrink and become surmountable. It is necessary for us in our day-to-day affairs, to pause and peep into what God has said in His Word concerning each situation we encounter. We need to review His promises and believe in them in order to see His wondrous acts. Isaiah 53:1 puts it this way – “who has believed our report? And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?” When God reveals His ways and thoughts concerning us, let us not hesitate to believe them. Even when they seem beyond our ken, let us not question God and utter doubtful words, but rather, let us Join Mary the mother of Jesus and confess : be it unto me according to your Word- Luke 1:38. Moreover, like the man being crippled with doubts, let us appeal to God – ‘Lord I believe; Help my unbelief!’ Mark 9:24b.

The Bible tells us in 2 Kings 6:25 – 33 about a great famine that came upon Samaria, and in 2Kings 7: 1 – 20, we learn about how God gave His word of promise to the people of Samaria through His servant Elisha : "Hear the word of the LORD. This is what the LORD says: About this time tomorrow, a seah of flour will sell for a shekel and two seahs of barley for a shekel at the gate of Samaria." However, we are told an officer who worked for the King, doubted and said –‘Look, if the Lord would make windows in heaven, could this thing be?’ Elisha replied and said to the doubtful officer – “In fact, you shall see it with your eyes, but you shall not eat of it” True to the words of God’s servant Elisha, the next day, by miraculous means, a seah of flour sold for a shekel and two seahs of barley for a shekel. Consequently, an accident occurred that day – the doubtful officer was trampled upon at the gate of Samaria and he died. He indeed saw God’s promise fulfilled but did not partake of it because of his doubts and unbelief.

What lesson can we learn from the above? With God, all things are possible! Desist from ever undermining God’s abilities. Whenever a promise from God appears unattainable in the human sense, rather than dismiss it altogether, hope against all hope and join aboard the plane of faith that can fly you to the higher altitude, where you can clearly see as God sees. All Power belongs to God! You can choose to see the mountain or the miracle; the possibility or impossibility; the problems or the answers; the Godly truth or the human fact.

You can decide to soar with God or crawl in human doubt and fear. The choice is yours!