This Is the Way...What You See Is What You Will Receive
by Robin Webber
An eccentric professor thought he might poke fun at a boy engrossed in reading some religious material. The professor teasingly taunted, "Boy, tell me where God is and I'll give you an apple."
The boy replied without hesitation, "Sir, I'll give you a whole barrel of apples if you can tell me where He is not!" The young man had an astute awareness of the overpowering and seamless presence of God in his life.
Which of these perspectives do most people reflect? When our eyes are glued on the media's 24-hour news cycle, our spirits can spiral downward with the steady onslaught of bad news about Korea, Iraq, Iran, terrorist attacks in world capitals, tensions on Israel's borders, the latest violence involving innocent schoolchildren, moral sleaze regarding our elected officials and the crime spree right out our front doors.
That's why Jesus gave two instructions to His followers in Luke 21:36 regarding the swirl of events that would come—1) Watch and 2) pray. When we only look with our eyes, failing to also use our hearts in prayer to seek God's perspective, we are left with only the apple rather than the barrels of God's presence.
Jesus asked His followers to pray so as to recognize there's more to life than meets the eye. That's why He directs us to set the "eyes of our heart" with this concluding viewpoint in His model prayer, "For yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever" (Matthew 6:13).
With that said, let's tighten our focus. Kingdoms are tangible and power is measurable, but we have to dig deeper to appreciate God's glory. Why is glory so essential to understand in dealing with the onslaught of troubling world events?
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