While we
look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen:
for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen
are eternal (2 Corinthians 4:18).
As one who’s born again, it matters how you see.
God doesn’t want you to see or observe situations like an ordinary man; hence,
He instructs us in 2 Corinthians 4:18 to see the invisible. It takes the
anointing to do that. For example, when David was sent to the battlefront by
his father to check on his brothers, he heard Goliath, the champion of the
Philistines, taunting the children of Israel. He then enquired from the
soldiers what would be done for the one who defeated the giant.
However, his eldest brother, Eliab, berated him and
tried to shut him up, urging him to go back home (1 Samuel 17:28). Eliab
couldn’t see spiritually; he didn’t perceive that there was an anointing on
David’s life. He couldn’t see the future that God was going to make David king
of Israel.
It’s possible to look at a child and know that
child’s future; it takes the anointing to do that. It takes maturity in walking
with the Spirit to know such things. When the Lord Jesus was brought into the
temple as a little baby, Simeon and Anna, both prophets of God, saw Him,
and recognized Him as the Messiah. The one who’s spiritually mature never
disdains others or treats them scornfully. He’ll envision their future and
treat them with love.
Learn to see others through the eyes of your
spirit. This can be achieved by praying and rejoicing in Christ for them;
before long, He’ll begin to show you their future: "Howbeit when he, the
Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not
speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he
will shew you things to come" (John 16:13).
Prayer
Dear Father, I thank you for helping me to see the
real value of people, including children, and also for empowering me by your
Spirit to discern their greatness, and play my role in helping them discover
and fulfil their destiny in Christ, in Jesus’ Name. Amen.
Further Study: 2 Corinthians 5:7; Romans 1:17
1 Year Bible Reading : Acts 20:17-38 Job 22-24
2 Year Bible Reading : Galatians 2:13-21 Isaiah 30
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