Looking Through The Peephole
One afternoon, several years ago when I was a little girl, I was expecting my grandmother to come over to our house. Seeing that it was about time for her to arrive, I went to the living room and decided to look outside so I could see when she pulled up in the driveway. So I stood at the door...and gazed out the peephole. Not a great view! When I looked through that peephole, things looked quite different and far away and I didn't have a full, clear view of everything. When I finally opened the front door, it was a lot easier to see everything.
As I think back on this incident, I realize that we all are looking through a peephole during certain periods of our lives. Tough circumstances arise while we are here on earth that we can't understand. But just as my front yard isn't complete without the trees and the monkey grass, God's good plans for our lives aren't complete without certain situations occurring. When things happen that aren't so pleasant, it's hard to see the full view of God working out something good in our lives. It's just like the old verse says, "Now we see things imperfectly as in a poor mirror, but then we will see everything with perfect clarity. All that I know now is partial and incomplete, but then I will know everything completely, just as God knows me now." (1 Corinthians 13:12 - New Living Translation)
One day, we won't be looking through a peephole trying to see the full view of God's perfect and wonderful plans that were carried out in our lives. Whether it happens here on earth or in Heaven, one day the front door's going to swing open and we'll see things for what they fully were and we'll understand how the tough situations helped make our life better...how they helped make us better for the Lord.
But what do we do while we are still looking through the peephole? We keep loving God, obeying God, and believing God. We stay confident in His promises that He gives us. We hope in Him when He says to us, " For I will work a work in your days, which ye would not believe, though it be told to you." (Habakkuk 1:5 - King James Version)
Prayer: Dear Father God, I thank You that You have plans for my life that are for my good. I thank You that You have plans for me that show that You care about me and love me. Help me to allow Your perfect will to be done in my life. Even though it's hard to say this, thank You for the tough situations that make me stronger and better in my life and walk with You. Help me, though, to stay confident in You when bad circumstances arise. Help me to remember that You have a purpose for all things and for me and Your purposes are wonderful. Remind me that I will understand it all one day. Strengthen me to always serve You. I love You. In Jesus' Name. Amen.