Thoughts for reflection . . . (Perspective)

What is your perspective on the challenges that you face in life? David as a youth faced Goliath but saw the greatness of His God and not the size of the giant before him and Goliath was slain (1 Sam 17). King Jehoshaphat faced a host that came against him but focussed on the Lord God and trusted Him and a great victory ensued (2Chron 20). We need a true and accurate concept of God and see things from the perspective of His greatness as we trust Him. This is excellently described by Stephen Charnock a puritan writer: 'Whatsoever God is, He is infinitely so; He is infinite Wisdom, infinite Goodness, infinite Knowledge, infinite Power, infinite Spirit; infinitely distant from the weakness of creatures, infinitely mounted above the excellencies of creatures: as easy to be known that He is, as impossible to be comprehended what He is. Conceive of Him as excellent, without any imperfection; a Spirit without parts; great without quantity; perfect without quality; everywhere without place; powerful without members; understanding without ignorance; wise without reasoning; light without darkness; infinitely more excelling the beauty of all creatures, than the light in the sun, pure and unviolated, exceeds the splendour of the sun dispersed and divided through a cloudy and misty air: and when you have risen to the highest, conceive Him yet infinitely above all you can conceive .... '. This is the God we serve, our Heavenly Father, Saviour, Healer, Redeemer. Lift up your eyes and behold His greatness as you face what is before you and lean on Him.

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