In a previous article I had hinted a little bit about the benefit of getting to see things the way God sees them and the making use of the help of the Holy Spirit to see into the realm of the supernatural, thereby bringing into existence things that were hitherto not visible, Apostle Peter was quoting prophet Joel in Acts 2:16-18 it says, But this is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel: And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh, and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your young men shall see visions and your old men shall dream dreams: And on my servants and in my handmaidens I will pour out in those days of my Spirit, and they shall prophesy. One of the advantages of being filled with the Holy Spirit is the ability to see visions and by Gods help capture yet unseen realities before any body else does, when we see the way God sees then our perspectives to issues will undergo a rapid transformation, we will then be sons of our father indeed.

One of my favorite examples in the bible concerning seeing the way God does in from the book of 2 Kings 3, it tells the story of the king of Israel and Judah along with the king of Edom going to battle against the king of Moab, they went out in the open field and for seven days couldn’t find water both for the entire army and their animals, Jehoshaphat king of Judah made a suggestion to go inquire from the Lord on the way out of this predicament, the three kings along with their entire armies came to Elisha the prophet of God, after Gods hand came on him, the words he uttered are found in verse 16-19, it says, And he said, thus saith the Lord, make this valley full of ditches: For thus saith the Lord, ye shall not see wind neither shall ye see rain, yet that valley shall be filled with water, that ye may drink, both ye and your cattle and your beasts: And this is but a light thing in the sight of the Lord, He will deliver the Moabites also into your hands: And ye shall smite every fenced city, and every choice city and shall fell every good tree and stop all wells of water, and mar every good piece of land with stones. What an amazing insight, victory was won just because someone could see the way God saw, its remarkable how often we think our problems are the greatest things in the world and we act as if there’s no way out when we are faced with certain challenges, yes its true, there’s really no way out when we try to do things with our physical abilities, we must realize we are more than physical beings, there’s a spirit part to us, and that’s the part with which we communicate with God, these three kings were doomed, but for the word of God on the lips of someone whose perspective was totally different from every body else, someone who could reach into the unseen world and proffer a life saving solution, when you see things differently you’ll speak differently, Elisha said, “this is a light thing in the sight of God”, fantastic, in the sight of men (3 kings), it was a crises situation, major big deal, in fact one of them, the king of Israel said in vs. 10, Alas, the Lord hath called these three kings together to deliver them into the hand of Moab. That was all he could see; death, destruction and chaos, no wonder he couldn’t speak otherwise.

I don’t care whatever your situation might be, no matter what the doctors, banker or lawyer might have said, as a child of God whenever you come across a trying situation, all you need do is get Gods perspective on that particular issue, you’ll be shocked that God has a thousand and one ways out of that difficult circumstance, what you thought was a major issue might just be a stepping stone unto something greater, in this passage, provision of water was just a stepping stone, the real issue was war with Moab, that’s why the prophet said, the deliverance of Moab into your hands is a done deal as well, he now proceeded to give them the strategy of victory over their enemies, I don’t know about you, I’d rather win my battles this way, with Gods divine insight and ability than struggle through life not being sure of victory. Christ purchased victory over every single power of the enemy on our behalf, but it’s our duty to believe and yield ourselves to the instructions of the Spirit.

David said in Ps 34:5, They looked unto Him and they were lightened, and their faces were not ashamed. There’s so much insight contained in this little verse, setting your eyes on Him is a critical factor in getting His perspective, as humans, what we see on a consistent basis eventually enters our hearts and lives, setting our eyes on Him just means always looking into the perfect law of liberty which is His word, if that’s what you look at, guess what? You cant see defeat but victory, you cant see sickness but health, you cant see poverty but wealth, you cant see weakness but strength, what happens to you is that it says you get lightened, you’ll get illuminated, you’ll begin to see things the way He sees it, and sooner than later you’ll begin to get the kinds of results that He gets, instead of shame what you’ll get his honor, Ps 119:105 says, Thy word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path. Gods word literarily shows us what to do in difficult situations, Ps 19:8 says, The statutes of the Lord is are right, rejoicing the heart, the command of the Lord is pure enlightening the eyes. Once the eyes of our understanding are enlightened like Paul prayed for the church in Ephesians 1, then we will be able to access all that God has in store for us, it’s a process we need to stay with until we see the desired results, once we see it then we can become it, God bless you.