"Looking Where?"

"My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O LORD; in the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up." Psalm 5:3

I know that we have talked about this recently, but it is something I feel impressed to talk about again this morning. We all face problems. Some problems are like mountains. Some are like fiery furnaces. Some are like roaring lions. Some are deep pits. Some are wide rivers. When you face problems, where you "look" is important. The longer you look at the mountain, the bigger it gets. The longer you look at the furnace, the hotter it feels. The longer you look at the lions, the more furious they become. The longer you look at the pit, the deeper it looks. The longer you look at the river, the wider it seems. Looking (staring) at your problem never makes it go away, it only magnifies it.

When you are facing these trying times, there is one place you can look, "I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help." (Psalm 121:1) Problems and trials are very real, but where you are looking determines how you get through them. As we have already said, looking at them only magnifies them. But when you turn from looking at the problems and look at the Lord and keep your eyes on Him, He is magnified and the problems decrease in size. The mountain shrinks to the size of a mole hill. The furnace becomes like a camp fire. The lions turn to kittens. The pit is only a dip in the road. The river becomes a stream.

When you stop looking at the problems and look at God, there is no comparison-- these things can't hold a candle to Him, they aren't as great or powerful as He is, they aren't as big as He is. When you look at the problem for a long time, you can't see any thing else-- no way of escape, no help, no hope, no answer. This is why it is so important that you change the direction you are looking and start looking up-- up to the Lord. When you look at Him you'll see hope, help, encouragement, faith, strength, peace, a way of escape, a solution, or grace to go through it.

Have a great day. Where are you looking? At the problems or up?