Through God’s Eyes

“Lord, if you wish, you can make me clean.” Matthew 8:2

Jesus stretched out his hand and healed the leper in this story in the gospel of Matthew. We pray about many things and sometimes we wonder why God is not answering our prayers. We just have to trust that God knows exactly what He is doing when He does not say yes to all our intercessions. 

Can you imagine how many people pray that they would win the lotto? The mother of Dionie Reyes kept praying that he would win the lotto and finally in April 2008, he did. He won 14 million pesos and after living the life of a millionaire for 3 months, he is now destitute and owes big sums of money. 

"I wish it never happened," William Post said. “It was totally a nightmare!" He won $16.2 million but after a year, he owed $1 million. There are many more horror stories like this.

A lot of people are under the illusion that having money would solve all their problems, and make them happy. Successful comedian Jim Carrey famously said, “I think everybody should get rich and famous and do everything they ever dreamed of so they can see that it's not the answer.”

Lord, we put our hope and our trust in You. Help us to see our circumstances through Your eyes.