God sees the bigger picture
Hmm, imagine that?! Fast-forward Two Years God saw the bigger picture and it was an even better plan for me. In the end- my kids played with cousins over the Thanksgiving break and I was mama to one precious newborn for ten glorious days. Reflecting months later on our third little man’s birthday date, I realized God allowed this baby to be born when he was so that I had the help from people who already had work off for the holiday. Merely seven hours after our little man was born- my husband the manager dashed back to work- because he’s a phenomenal employee. God knew my husband worked retail and the BIGGEST time of the year is…Black Friday! Eek! At first I was mad at God for doing this to me. Baby number three was born at the perfect season of the retail world- Thanksgiving break. Eventually, I became pregnant once more and our son was born two weeks before his due date. In time, I understood what my body was doing and needed to trust my capable body. I am a healthy person, why would my body betray me like this? I went through a stage of grief, my heart hurt. God always sees The Big Picture.Ĭopyright © Nina Keegan. God is already searching in the box for the perfect piece with the answer you have been praying for. No matter what things may look like, a new piece of the puzzle is coming. Run to win that which has already been won for you. We would see the magnitude of impossibilities we could never face without God going before us to clear the way and secure our footing.Įnjoy your life piece by piece. If we knew what God knows, we would never change a thing. Our trials build faith in our wonderfully omniscient God. He sent His beloved son to pay the price in advance for everything we could ever need. So no matter where we seem to be or what issues we may be facing, they will be used for good because God has already gone before us and prepared the way. This Scripture tells us we were created for good works that God has already prepared for us ahead of time. He sees exactly where that piece belongs.įor we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them. We see only the one tiny piece we seem to be stuck on right now. He has the miraculous ability to look down and see our entire timeline, start to finish, beginning to end and every single second in-between. We learn to relinquish control and let God take the reigns. But I guarantee you those times of difficulty are never wasted. We may have to weather some unwelcome storms. We may have to be uncomfortable for a bit. We need all the pieces - good and bad, easy and difficult - to shape us and guide us on our uniquely individual paths. When we are going through a tough time, we must remember that this is just one tiny piece of our puzzle, without it we would not be complete. He is working diligently on our behalf, tirelessly arranging all of our puzzle pieces into a wonderful order of abundant blessings on a pathway of unspeakable joy. Only God himself knows what our finished portrait will look like. Each one of us has our own unique box with an amazing picture on the top, The Big Picture - the picture God carefully designed for each of us. God is the creator of our great puzzle called life. I declare the end from the beginning, and from long ago what is not yet done, saying: My plan will take place, and I will do all My will. Even though one piece on its own does not look like much of anything, together with all its counterparts, a wonderful picture emerges. We already know how it will turn out and we are not the least bit surprised by its ending.
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The full picture of the completed puzzle is always on the box-top. Puzzles are like life sometimes except for one major difference, we get to see the end results of the puzzle before we begin the long toil of assembling it. If even one piece is missing, the puzzle will be incomplete. One tiny random piece doesn't look like much of anything on its own but once you start putting them together, the formation of a beautiful picture begins to take shape. Have you ever tried to put together one of those giant jigsaw puzzles that has at least a thousand pieces? At first glance into the large box of tiny freeform pieces, it's hard to imagine they will form a picture.