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Beyond What You See

Life is complicated and sometimes perplexing. Hymn writer Frances Ridley Havergal wrote, “In perplexities, when we cannot tell what to do, when we cannot understand what is going on around us, let us be calmed and steadied and made patient by the thought that what is hidden from us is not hidden from Him.”

Most of us wish we could see around corners, or at least to the end of whatever crisis we’re facing. We want to know the outcome, get over the issues, and move on. In the midst of our troubles, we sometimes imagine that even our prayers are not sufficient to deal with our problems.

Perhaps you’ve resigned yourself to minimal effort because the thing you’re facing is simply not fixable. The problem is beyond your control, and you tell yourself it’s probably too big for God to handle as well. You imagine all is lost and your short-sighted faith only increases your misery.

Havergal reminds us that nothing is hidden from God and nothing surprises the Creator of the universe, the One who remains ever faithful and omniscient. If you believe that in God is endless possibility, that He can make a way through the wilderness of your life and open up springs of living water when you’re lost, then you have the ability to let Jesus fill you with calm. You can move from a place of needing to see what lies ahead to a place of prayerfully closing your eyes and resting in the knowledge that God is already doing His good work.

Let go of needing the answers and simply let God be God. He will help you see the path more clearly in His time because He goes ahead of you and knows every step you must take. Remember that He is the author of new things, the only One who can make streams in the deserts of our lives. What new thing would you have Him do for you today? Close your eyes and trust that God sees beyond what you see.

Lord, thank You for walking ahead of me to clear the path and open the doors to new possibility. Help me to trust so completely in You that I can close my eyes in prayer and peacefully rest in Your grace and mercy. Amen.