How To See Ourselves As God Sees Us

​Hello everyone…and a very happy and blessed Thursday to you all! Praise God for another new day…a day where we can begin anew and begin once more with Him! Now, as we prepare to spend this time together with God, I pray that we will truly come to see ourselves in the way He sees us; that we might discover a new hope that can carry us through the hard and difficult times of life…Amen!!
Last night before going to sleep, I was having a talk with God and thanking Him for all He had brought me through yesterday…and as I continued to spend time with Him; He began to speak to my heart on a writing that could truly bring hope and lift us to our feet, during these difficult times we’re facing…so let’s start out with this question… “Have you ever stopped to think on how you are really viewing your life?” In other words…do we see ourselves in the way that God sees us or are we viewing our lives in the way the world views their lives?
One thing I’ve come to see is that Satan isn’t only out to afflict us…or even attempt to take us down a wrong road; but his aim is to also convince us that we’re no good because of these mistakes and circumstances we experience.  Listen…when we allow our mistakes or afflictions to punish us, rather than seeing them as God does…something to learn and grow from; then the problems we’re facing only seem to intensify with time, which keeps us in bondage and continually works to keep us low and even more distant from God.
A Bible verse that has truly helped me to understand this more is found in I Samuel 16:7 and we read… “But the Lord said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him (or He wasn’t seeing David in that way): for the Lord seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the Lord looketh on the heart.”
One of best things I’ve taken hold of in my life; is that God doesn’t focus on the mistake or even see us as we do. We tend to look and judge ourselves by our faults and failures…and even by how much we may be facing at the time; but I have truly come to see that God doesn’t waste His time on the fault or the problem itself; but rather, He walks way beyond it; to see what can come out of that fault…and especially the circumstances we face.
I remember a time in my life, when everything just seemed so overwhelming and out of control. There were so many bad things happening at the time; that I began to see them in a way that made me feel like a piece of nothing; but that was only because I was truly viewing them in the way that Satan wanted me to see them. Once I began to shift my thoughts and focus on how God could be my teacher…and on how I could be His pupil; that is when lessons were learned, while the thoughts of failure began to drift off into the background of my life.
When we can truly reject the thoughts of failure and see our lives in the way that God sees them; then I believe that we will begin to see these trying times in our lives, as times that can be renewed and filled with new possibilities and new growth. You see…even though Satan longs to convince us of defeat; there is a God with so much love and power…One who longs to use these moments to lift us closer to Him, while making us even stronger than before…and a Bible verse that has been a great reminder to me of this is found in Jeremiah 29:11, which says… “For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.”
When we can read words of truth, as we have discovered in God’s word today; that is when we will find it easier to see our lives in the way that God sees them…and instead of feeling weighed down and buried in the muck and mire of what we see with our own eyes; we will once more be able to see our lives in the right way…a clearer way, which will become a piece of hope to hold to…a hope that can carry us through these hard and difficult times of life.
As we close our time together…let this be our prayer… “Help me Lord to see myself as You do”…Amen!!
Have a very blessed day and I will see ya soon!
It’s Always & Only Because of Him…
Diane