From upperroom.org/devotional…such a great devotional for today!
The Bigger Picture
By the power at work within us [God] is able to accomplish abundantly far more than all we can ask or imagine.
ONE morning I had an appointment and was running late. After I had stopped at a light behind three or four other vehicles, the light finally turned green. But we didn’t move. I craned my neck to see the problem.
A car that had made a right turn appeared to be blocking the way as it waited for another light. I could see a large gap between that car and the one ahead of it. “If that car would just move forward to close the gap, we could all get through our light,” I muttered.
Eventually the car moved. As it did so, I saw that it was towing a very long, low trailer. I realized that I had been seeing only a part of the situation.
Afterwards, I wondered how many times I have made a decision based on what I could see without asking God to reveal the bigger picture. I thought of the times God seemed not to answer a prayer or to be responding differently than seemed logical to me.
God sees the whole picture, and acts in my life based on a higher view than mine. I have learned not to make decisions on my limited view but to trust God, who looks beyond what we can see.
Elaine Richardson (Western Cape, South Africa)
When we ask, God will give us the wisdom we need.
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