They say Hind Sight is 20/20, and it is. For instance if this morning you stubbed your toe on something while walking across the house. You can look back and say to yourself, I wish I would have picked that up the night before. Easy to look back at things and wish we did things differently. "Hind Sight" But what do you call it when you look ahead? Do you have "Hind Sight" then? If you are driving your car towards a wall you can see it coming and you can stop and turn around. That would be having "Hind Sight" But it isn't always that easy. We sometimes choose to do stupid things knowing that it is going to bring harm to ourselves. More "Hind Sight" Poor "Hind Sight" at that. At the time it seems to ourselves we can handle it, but then when the hammer drops we then look backwards and our "Hind Sight" has quickly become better than it was when we were looking forward. But what if we could have great "Hind Sight" for things looking ahead? wouldn't that be great?
In the book of Genesis Starting in Chapter 37 we learn of a man named Joseph. He had some brothers who did not treat him very nice. In fact they pretty much hated him. They threw Joseph into a pit, sold him into slavery, and told their father Jacob that Joseph was killed by a wild beast. Joseph became a slave in Egypt where he had his fair share of trials. But Joseph had great vision so to speak. Actually it is what we call faith. In 2 Corinthians 5:7 it says For we walk by faith, not by sight. Joseph trusted God through it all. Later Joseph was promoted by the Pharaoh to be over all of Egypt. Only Pharaoh was greater than him.
A great famine hit the land, and before hand God showed Joseph that it was coming. Joseph stored away food for seven years before the famine. When the famine came Joseph's brothers came to Egypt to get food. The brothers did not recognize that it was Joseph until Joseph revealed himself to them. They were terrified thinking the worse. But Joseph said this to them: Genesis 50:20 "But as for you, you meant evil against me; but God meant it for good, in order to bring it about as it is this day, to save many people alive."
In Romans 8:28 And we know, that all things work together for good for those who love God and are called according to His purpose.
And in 2 Corinthians 4:17 For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, is working for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory.
Are you going through a tuff time right now? Are you using "Hind Sight" and saying to yourself if only I.....? Coulda, Woulda, Shoulda Put your faith In Jesus Christ, then Romans 8:28 will cover you. Quit looking back, only look back to reflect on the goodness of Christ and how He saved you from your past. Then you can give Him praise and thanks. Start walking in faith, not by sight. Peter was was allowed out of the boat and to come towards Christ. Peter got to walk on water. He was walking by faith, staring at the perfector of our faith Jesus. But then he took his eyes off Jesus, saw the waves,, the wind, the storm. He was then walking by sight and began to sink. Peter cried out "Lord save me" and Jesus saved him.
Maty this week be one of trusting in The Lord, and not ourselves are circumstances, or what we seem to see. God Bless Preacher
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