Looking Behind the Camera

     Behold, as the eyes of servants look to the hand of their master, as the eyes of a maidservant to the hand of her mistress, so our eyes look to the Lord our God, till he has mercy on us.” Ps 123:2
 God’s people look to a different help from the rest of the world. History books always talk about kings and rulers, wars and battles. Newspapers, Internet blogs, TV hosts, and talk radio all focus on presidential elections, legislation from Congress, court decisions, military movements, or affairs of the state. Where the world points the camera tells you what the world thinks is important.


As Christians, we are to look beyond the camera. We understand that the kingdom of God does not come through Congress. As Christians, we know that our real help lies outside the political arena. Armies move, but God protects or destroys.

The people of this world cannot see God, so they will not look to Him. Our temptation is to look where everyone else is looking, like the woman who looks into the sky just because everyone else is looking into the sky.
But God calls us to be different. He says that He, and not Congress, is our help; that He, and not the stock market, is our help; that He, and not the medical system, is our help. Until we see the power of God behind everything, we will constantly be looking to the wrong sources for our deliverance and joy.

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