DAY 8: GAINING PERSPECTIVE THROUGH PRAYER

If you have ever watched a classic war movie, you know that if you’re tucked into a bunker on the front line, you can’t see the full plan of the battle. Your view is limited to what is happening immediately around you. On the other hand, if you are piloting a plane, you can look down on the whole field of battle—from that vantage point you can clearly see what both sides are doing.

In the same way, sometimes we’re too close to our own problems; we’re right in the middle, and we can’t see what is happening. We need a clearer vision, a new perspective. And so what do we need to do? We need to get up higher! We need to get lifted up into the presence of the Lord and gain a new perspective in finding God’s will and His wisdom in our lives.

Prayer is what changes our perspective in life. It transforms our view of everything that we do. And when we humble ourselves in prayer and hunger more for God, we will discover a life filled with spiritual breakthroughs and benefits.

God desires to reveal His perspective and impart His wisdom to us. James 1:5 says, “If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him.”

When we yield our lives to God, we can live in peace and with a proper perspective. We can go forward knowing that every detail is under His command and under His control. So, whether we’re praying for healing or praying for a house, we’re praying in the will of God. We’re praying, “Lord if you heal me, my body is Your body. Lord if you give me this house, this house is Your house.” That’s praying with godly perspective.

Prayer is the key to maintaining a godly perspective. And with this correct perspective of God’s will for our lives we can place our confidence in the One “who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, according to the power at work within us.” (Ephesians 3:20).