“From a human perspective I was losing my job. From God’s perspective I was moving on to my next assignment

A thought by Miles McPherson, (2009-11-01) in his book, DO Something!: Make Your Life Count (Kindle Location 424). Baker Books. Kindle Edition.

That is truly a God thing, to have that perspective in our lives, that God is out ahead working things out for us. Now of course that isn’t true of everyone. It is only true of those who have a relationship with God through Jesus.

Now let’s say that this perspective is just what you needed to hear, to believe today. This is exactly what you needed today. During my time of prayer I prayed that God would show me what thought needed to be shared today for some particular person who would read this today. God wanted to speak to you personally and He was going to use today’s blog to do that. Now you come across it somewhere but you decide to not click on it and read it so then you wouldn’t have benefited from the thought that God had provided for you personally today. in order to receive the benefit you had to do something.

God has so much that He wants to do in your life but if you have never reached out to Him and asked Him to became a part of your life then what He has for you, what He can do for you and what He wants to do for you is lost. You must ask Jesus to forgive you of your sins and to come into your life and become the controlling force in your life. Then you will be born spiritually again.

So then with having that God relationship losing your job is not just losing your job but it is a new assignment. God has something else for you. He may not have caused it but He can use it in your life to work something good out of it. That is a tremendous benefit of having a relationship with Jesus Christ. Romans 8.28 (Msg) says that, “…we can be so sure that every detail in our lives of love for God is worked into something good...” And this kind of love is a commitment not an emotion.

So what is your perspective that you live by, human or God?

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