In my corner of the world…in the space that God has given me…I have a view. We each do.
From what we know and from whence we’ve come, we find the view that leads us.
This is the view from here.
I’ve only known what I’ve known. I’ve only been where I’ve been. Led by God for most of my life, He’s kept me here.
When I was a child, He showed me the world once. I was outside and observing the sky, when suddenly I saw suffering children around the world, and I felt frightened. ~Now that I’m older I know now that He’s always given me eyes to see. Whatever He wants to show me, He shows me…it’s my view from here~ In that moment, as a child, I told God I was scared but so grateful to live in America. Many, many years later, God spoke to me that I was to be a missionary to America. I have been scoffed at for this. I have been not taken seriously. I have sometimes avoided this, but it’s the boiled down truth…America is my land of ministry.
I truly love America. My heart beats for our land. It is beautiful. The people, in the heartland, are some of the best I’ve ever known. The “fly over” states are the ones that take my breath away. Others can feel how they’d like, but there’s nothing like seeing a farmer working his fields in an honest day’s work. There’s nothing like seeing oil rigs pumping up and down and releasing the life blood into our economy. There’s a beauty in the resilience of Americans…true Americans.
I know the secret though.
All the beauty and resilience and goodness here comes from being one nation under God.
That’s the lifeline keeping our hearts pumping. It’s our intentional foundation. It cannot be erased. It is because it is. Identity doesn’t change just because it’s grown unpopular or forgotten…DNA remains what it is, no matter what. So it goes with America. We are now and forevermore, one nation under God.
Our current administration can’t change that. Our enemies can’t change that. Nobody can change it because it’s in the fabric of our creation.
So, until God says so, I’ll continue to observe the world from my view from here. I’ll pray and intercede as He sees fit. I’ll learn and grow and change every day, but He will remain the same.
Oh, thank God, He remains the same.
I encourage you to sit down today and observe your view from here. What would God put on your heart to pray or do? How does He desire to put you on like a glove and use you? Every person longs for greatness, but the truth is, the greatest of us are the ones who learn to appreciate the view from here…the view from where God has placed them and then hold hands with the Father of eternity everyday to see His kingdom come, His will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.
Through Christ you have come to trust in God. And you have placed your faith and hope in God because He raised Christ from the dead and gave Him great glory. You were cleansed from your sins when you obeyed the truth, so now you must show sincere love to each other as brothers and sisters. Love each other deeply with all your heart. For you have been born again, but not to a life that will quickly end. Your new life will last forever because it comes from the eternal, living word of God. As the Scriptures say, “People are like grass; their beauty is like a flower in the field. The grass withers and the flower fades. But the word of the Lord remains forever.” And that word is the Good News that was preached to you. 1 Peter 1:21-25
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