Daily Reading: 2 Samuel 22, Jeremiah 25, Romans 13-14 The other day we took our kids to a 3D mini-movie at Seaworld. We all put on our special 3D glasses, and my husband and I were anxious to see how our children would react. At first the images started out pretty tame, but as it got to the climax of the ever-so-intense Sesame Street movie, Hannah started to cry. It doesn't help that nowadays they make the movies squirt water, blow air and you feel certain rumblings in your seat (or maybe that was the guy next to me?) No matter how many times we told her it was fun, she was convinced this was NOT fun! She made daddy take her out of that house of flying-cookies as fast as possible.
Without the glasses, it looks like a normal but blurry episode of Sesame Street. With the glasses it gives you filter that changes the way things appear, to the point where you feel like you can reach out and grab that scrumptious chocolate cookie crumble and eat it...me want cookie.
David's song in 2 Samuel 22:25-27 sings, "To the faithful you show yourself faithful, to the blameless you show yourself blameless. To the pure you show yourself pure, but to the crooked you show yourself shrewd."
Imagine the world watching a movie about God in which everyone sees him differently. Each person has thier own set of glasses and seeing the Lord through different filters. The faithful people walk away and say, "Wow, God is SO Faithful!" The crooked people walk away and say, "Man, God is really shrewd!" Isn't it amazing that the attributes we carry in our own life affect how he reveals himself to us?
I have known people that have such a hard time forgiving others or themselves that it affects thier ability to recieve God's forgiveness and trust in his mercy. There are others I know who are incredibly generous and in turn have amazing faith in God's provision and blessing in thier own lives. Our filters can be good or bad, but nonetheless they do affect our faith--which always affects and determines what we recieve. If you look at God and sometimes don't like what you see, it isn't God that needs adjusting, it is your filters.
God honors faith--and if we take the promises of his word seriously, we will seriously get them! If we choose not to believe some of them because of our dirty filters, then we may be missing out on some great blessings! Don't make up your mind that the movie is going to be bad, stick around, adjust your filters and enjoy the journey with the Lord.
Thanks for reading and responding,
Melissa Miller
Post a comment! Questions for reflection/response:
1. Can you think of some filters in your life (good or bad) that have affected your relationship with God and how you percieve him?
2. What are some good filters that we should strive for?
Tomorrow's reading: 2 Samuel 23, Jeremiah 26, Romans 15-16
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