The God Who Knows Both Sides

Tuesday November 22, 2022

 Jesus came to earth to die in our place. Jesus knows the way to please our Heavenly Father and He knows the way humans displease Him.  What a great privilege to have someone in Heaven who is praying for us and knows both sides of the life God called us to.  Jesus tells us to live to please our Heavenly Father and then He will take care of meeting all our needs.

 Seek the Kingdom of God above all else, and live righteously, and he will give you everything you need. (Matthew 6:33 NLT)

 God’s ways are different from our ways.  When Jesus was walking with His disciples on a Sabbath day, they saw a man who was blind from birth. They thought the man was blind because His parents had sinned, but Jesus explained that the reason for this blindness was so the works of God might be displayed.  Jesus spit on the ground, made some mud with the saliva, and put it on the man’s eyes and told him to wash it off in a nearby pool. When the man washed it off, he was able to see.  This caused a commotion with the religious leaders.  They didn’t care about this wonderful miracle of God.  They were just upset that the healing took place on the Sabbath day. 


If you had known who I am, then you would have known who my Father is. From now on you know him — and have seen him! Then Jesus told him, I have come into the world to give sight to those who are spiritually blind and to show those who think they see that they are blind. (John 14:7; 9:39 TLB) 


So many things in the above story reflect the way humans who do not know God think.
  That is why it is so important to get acquainted with what Jesus says. We may think we would change certain things in our lives if we could, but who knows maybe those very things are meant to be used by God to display His amazing power.  Others then get to witness that power as we share our experience, strength, and hope of how God healed and changed us. 

 


Prayer: Heavenly Father, Help me to trust You in whatever life may bring my way because I know that Your way is perfect and pleasing. Amen

 

 

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