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In Our Own Sight
Numbers 13:33
"And there we saw the giants, the sons of Anak, which come of the giants: and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight."
The ten spies who went to spy out the land of Canaan made the same mistake that many Christians make. You will notice in the verse above that when the ten spies talked about the giants of the land they said, "...and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight." The mistake they made was they compared the giants to themselves and not to the God Who would help them to overcome those giants. The result of these men looking through their own sight was that they did not follow God's command and caused many other people to disobey God.
Whether or not you overcome your obstacles and trials in life is determined by whose eyes you look through. Too many Christians look at their problems through their own eyes only to cause their problems to get bigger. Most of the time when we look at the problems we face through our own eyes we make the problems bigger than what they really are.
Christian, it doesn't matter how big your problem is in your sight, the only thing that matters is how big your problem is compared to God. When you compare your financial problems to God, you will realize that your financial problems are not that big. When you compare your physical ailments to God, you will realize that they are not that big. When you compare your personality conflicts to God, you will realize that your problems are not that big. Whatever your problem may be, when you compare them to God, you will realize that they are not that big.
In order to look at your problems through the eyes of God you need to remember Luke 1:37 when it says, "For with God nothing shall be impossible." I promise you, God is not concerned with "how big" your problems may be. To Him your problems are very small. Don't get me wrong, God is concerned with your feelings, but He is not worked up over how hard it may be to overcome your problems. Too many times we get worked up over the size of the problems when God is very capable of helping you to overcome your problems.
Whatever your problems are that you face today, stop looking at them through your eyes. Looking through your eyes at your problems will make them worse. Look at your problems through the eyes of God and you will see that they are simply opportunities in your life for God to work through you. Your problems are either obstacles or opportunities depending upon whose eyes you look through. If you look through your own eyes they are obstacles. If you'll look through God's eyes, they will be opportunities to do something greater for Him.
Ask God today to help you to look at your problems through His eyes. By doing so you will find that your stress level will be lowered which will help you to live a more joyful life.