Looking through a door peephole only gives limited sight; looking
through old keyholes did the same.
Modern doors with locks have
keyholes, but you can't see anything through them. When I was growing up
you could. Keyholes in doors constructed years ago didn't have keyholes
in the door knob itself but rather below it in a totally separate
mechanism. Skeleton keys were used to open and lock the door-if the
homeowner could find them. If a mischievous child wanted to spy on his
parents or siblings, all he had to do was look through the keyhole. Like
a door peephole, however, the keyhole provided only a limited view. The
one peeping could only glimpse what was directly in front of them along
with very limited vision of peripheral areas.
When trials and
troubles overwhelm me, I try to remember I'm only looking at life
through a keyhole. So we don't look at the troubles we can see now;
rather, we fix our gaze on things that cannot be seen. "For the things
we see now will soon be gone, but the things we cannot see will last
forever." (II Corinthians 4:18 NLT)
God has the advantage of
seeing my life-and everyone else's from the initiation of time, from
beginning to end. I don't have that privilege. What seems like a
terrible thing to me may be viewed differently by my sovereign
Sustainer. I only have keyhole vision; he has an outlook on the entire
schemata.
Looking at life through the keyhole reminds me I serve
a big God whose unconditional love and concern for me never grows cold.
The bad he allows he will reinvent for my benefit, and what he directly
sends will always have my spiritual betterment in mind.
Are
difficulties engulfing you? Remember you're only looking at life through
a keyhole. Trust the One who can see it all.
Prayer: Remind us,
merciful Father, that You control our life events and will not allow
anything into our years on earth that doesn't better prepare us for our
eternity with You.
Life through a Keyhole
Today's Bible Verse:
"So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen,
since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal." (2Cor
4:18, NIV2)
Life through a Keyhole
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