“Anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person. The old life is gone; a new life has begun!”
2 Corinthians 5:17
Sometimes God speaks to my heart through the most unusual, perhaps even mundane activities of my day to day life. I love that He meets me where I’m at to reveal a spiritual truth where I least expect it.
A few days ago, I decided to finally redo the front room in my home. It is one long room that functions as a formal living and dining room space. My dining table sat in one half of the room, while an upright piano occupied the other half. The dining table felt a little crammed in its designated place, and the piano looked odd by itself in one half of the room. I repositioned the dining table to the middle of the room going longways, with the piano placed at the end of the room.
Moving the furniture around made the dining area feel more spacious and comfortable, and the piano became a focal point at the end of the room. But the paint color on the walls blended with the furniture, the chandelier had to be repositioned to hang on top of the table’s new spot, and without any other decor, the room looked kind of blah.
After browsing for ideas on Pinterest I began to gain a little bit of vision, but it wasn’t until I asked my interior-designer friend for help that I got a vivid image of the room’s full potential. I felt like she turned my mind into an HGTV computer-generated preview, with every single change appearing on the “screen” as I read the text with her suggestions: “I would paint the room white, put curtains on both windows, choose a nice area rug to go under the table, get a large mirror or piece of art to go above the buffet table, place a runner on the table to break up all the wood, put a plant…”
When I was done reading her ideas, my dining-room space looked entirely different in my mind than it did in real life. That’s when the gentle voice of God whispered into my spirit: I see you, your life, your marriage, and your kids the way you see this room in your mind.
I was stunned. It was a simple but profound reminder that there’s more to me, my family, and my purpose than what meets the eye. And guess what? The same is true for you. God is our ever-faithful, soul-designer friend, who is eagerly waiting for us to ask Him to give us His vision for our lives, for our marriages, and for our children.
I already painted the room white, but that’s the only change I’ve made so far from the suggestions my friend made. However, anytime I walk by that room I no longer see it for what it is, I see it for what it will become, and it makes me smile every time.
Lord, I pray that you will give us Your vision for our lives, for our marriages, for our children, and for everyone else around us. Enable us to see everyone the way you created them. Open our eyes to see the potential You see in us and those around us, and give us the desire to do whatever we need to do to fulfill your vision. In Jesus’ name, amen.
Your turn!
- In what areas of your life do you need God’s vision?
- Ask God to give you His vision for that area.
- Give yourself permission to dream, and believe that what God reveals to you is possible!
