John 4:35 (ASV) Say not ye, There are yet four months, and then cometh the harvest? behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields, that they are white already unto harvest.
Allow me to say, just as Jesus did, look up. Sometimes, we look at things the same way for so long that it is difficult to see it differently. At times like this, we need a different viewpoint–namely God’s. I believe this is what was happening when Jesus tells His disciples to see the harvest. God’s viewpoint will always require us to consider a new way of seeing.
I have read that the most difficult part for a seeing eye dog is learning to not look down all the time but to look up and “see” what needs to be seen. Interestingly, we also need to be reminded to look up. It’s so easy to see the natural and the here and now, often it feels impossible to see the spiritual, the eternal. If we will see things His way, God can use everything to help us grow closer to Him.
Lord, help us to hear Your call and to respond to that call to look up. In Jesus’ name, amen.
Luke 21:27-28 (ASV) And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory. But when these things begin to come to pass, look up, and lift up your heads; because your redemption draweth nigh.
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