I was driving down one of the main streets in PV... o sorry! Most of you wouldn't know what PV is... it is my term of endearment for Sherwood, Oregon where I am a resident. PV is short for Pleasantville... a place where snow falls but every home is shoveled miraculously and where every lawn is matuculously groomed by magical elves in the middle of the night. Where shade trees shelter every kitchen widow from the heat of the day and Robin Hood himself delivers bags of money into the mailboxes of the needy.
Well, as I was saying I was driving down one of the mainstreets in Sherwood when I saw a little boy, a son most likely riding on the shoulders of his striding robust father. He could not have been any older than three, but the smile on his face as he sat upon this father's head and shoulders was truly priceless. It was as though he could finally see the world from the mountain top and what awaited him from miles away! The change in perspective must have been incredible. As I drove by, the Holy Spirit just dropped in my heart that this is what the Father would like to do for me... give me this same sort of view, but that I am to busy running on ahead of Him. How he longed to show me things from His view, His perspective that would put the same cheshire grin on my face as that of that young son. I am after all His son, and He is my Father God and His understanding of my life's situations are far different that mine.
What are you going through today, that perhaps you need to stop and get up on the Father's shoulders? Spend some time in His presence in prayer at the top of His broad shoulders. Prayer is less about getting God to see our life than it does for us to see His purposes and plans for ours. The view from His shoulders is spectacular... jump on my friend... the ride is free and it is good!
13 I am still confident of this:
I will see the goodness of the LORD
in the land of the living.
14 Wait for the LORD;
be strong and take heart
and wait for the LORD.
Psalm 27:13-14 -NIV
From The Journey's View;
Pastor Tom
