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"Everything is within His view."

GOD IS self-assured. He has made and does make every decision with complete justice. Now, that word throws us off. The word “justice” calls to mind crimes and punishment, and it can mean that. But in this context has to do with confidence. In short, He knows who He is, He hears all things, He contains all knowledge, and nothing is impossible to Him nor out of His purview. Another word that we’re unsure of. Dictionary.com defines it as “the range of vision, insight, or understanding.” Everything is within His view.

He doesn’t have vision problems, lack of understanding, nor is anything hidden from Him (Hebrews 4:13), regardless of whether a person is saved or not saved, in the Light or in darkness. This goes to spirit beings, angelic or devils, as well. Where we have to listen in order to hear clearly, all things are clear to Him at all times. Frankly, that would drive me crazy. But then, He is God. He, meaning the Father, Jesus the Son, and the Holy Spirit. They are One, in total unity. But knowing God knows, knowing His character is for our salvation, then despite what we don’t know, we can trust Him.

We ought to hear doubts and say, “Okay, God has none about me.”

He didn’t doubt Peter when Jesus first spoke to Him. Peter was just a common fisherman. He caught fish. He sold fish. Then he met Jesus who showed him Truth. He poured the Spirit into him, and even when he messed up, didn’t change his future, nor abandon his calling. Peter denied he knew Jesus three times after being told by Jesus he would do so. God set him as a pillar in the church anyway. The apostle Paul murdered Christians yet went on to write most of the New Testament, a new man, overflowing with love.

“God chose people who do not seem important in this world. He chose people who seem silly in this world. He chose people who seem to be worth nothing in this world. The people who do not know God think differently from him. They think that different kinds of people are great and important. But God destroys their ideas when he chooses his people.” (1 Corinthians 1:28, EasyEnglish)

There are those we’ve judged for their appearance, their past behavior. We look askance and whisper about them, behind their backs. We must pray FOR THEM instead. Not pray ABOUT them or pray JUDGMENT. Our justice is always uneven, using partial knowledge and incomplete Truth. God’s isn’t. What can God do through that young man, now torn between God’s generous, loving hand and our fists? What if we returned them to our laps and altered our point-of-view? Jesus saw people through the Father’s eyes (John 14:9). The Father sees people through love, not doubt. The Spirit views them through Resurrection. While we’re counting tattoos and shaking our heads, They have changed that one and made a difference. Who will see that person and rethink their own opinions?

God sees people as individuals. We’ve made them numbers. Our churches have become about gathering crowds, about making “disciples.” The word “disciples” means “learners,” and that’s a beautiful thing. But to us, it is more of a rank. No, it’s a man or woman seeking God, hungry for God. We ought to NOT COUNT numbers. Resist the temptation to count numbers. And lean into the Spirit instead, listen to God’s heart, and become love. Because that is the point. In order to be like Jesus, we have to be like the Spirit and like the Father, who sent Him, whose thought was confidence and completion, His will done just as He set it forth. With not one plan for failure.

No thought of failure at all. No worries, no fears, no alternatives. He is enough.

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“Jesus is STRONGER than any drugs.”

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“No one is too far gone for Jesus.”

“There is not one person who can hide their thoughts from God, for nothing that we do remains a secret, and nothing created is concealed, but everything is exposed and defenseless before his eyes, to whom we must render an account.” (Hebrews 4:13, TPT)

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