Do You See It?

Ya ever had someone point out something to you, something off in the distance… and you can’t see it?

I feel like this happens to me often.

It’s frustrating. I feel stupid. I’m tempted to just pretend like I see it – even though I don’t.

I bet we do the same thing with God – can’t see what he sees, get frustrated, feel stupid, tempted to pretend…

Here’s the good news: grace changes our focus.

Grace helps us see what God sees.

Grace gives us perspective, vision and clarity.

Seeing what God sees gives us purpose, significance, a sense of mission and a job to do: joining in God’s agenda to give grace to others.

“Now God has us where he wants us, with all the time in this world and the next to shower grace and kindness upon us in Christ Jesus.

Saving is all his idea, and all his work.

All we do is trust him enough to let him do it. It’s God’s gift from start to finish!

We don’t play a major role. If we did, we’d probably go around bragging that we’d done the whole thing!

No, we neither make nor save ourselves. God does both the making and saving.

He creates each of us by Christ Jesus to join him in the work he does, the good work he has gotten ready for us to do, work we had better be doing.” (Ephesians 2.7-10 MSG)

God’s grace helps me see it…

I have a reason for being: to love God, love people and love life.

Do you see it?