SEEING GOD BEYOND HIS BLESSINGS
We are living in days when many believers have unconsciously learned to measure the goodness of God by the blessings they can see, touch, and count.
When the doors are open, we say, “God is good!”
When the money comes, we say, “God has remembered me!”
When the promotion arrives, we rejoice.
When our prayers are answered according to our expectations, our faith seems strong.
But what happens when the blessings disappear?
Can we still see God?
Job teaches us a powerful lesson. He lost his possessions, his children, his health, and the comfort of his former life. Yet, in the midst of his pain, he declared:
“For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth.”
— Job 19:25 KJV
Job was able to see God beyond God's blessings.
His relationship with God was not based merely on what God could give him. Job knew God as his Redeemer.
Sometimes, our attachment to material things becomes so strong that we forget the greatest evidence of God's goodness: the gift of life itself.
Every breath is a reminder.
Every new morning is a testimony.
Every moment we are alive is evidence that God's hand is still upon us.
We must learn to see God beyond the house, beyond the car, beyond the salary, beyond the business, beyond the promotion, beyond the miracle, and beyond the material blessings.
God is not only the God who gives; He is God even when we are waiting.
He is Omnipresent — He is with us everywhere.
He is Omnipotent — He is all-powerful.
He is Omniscient — He knows all things.
Therefore, our faith should not be:
“I believe in God because He has blessed me.”
Rather:
“I believe in God because He is God — whether I am in abundance or in need, in health or in pain, in celebration or in tears.”
May we never become so attached to God's gifts that we lose sight of the Giver.
See God beyond His blessings.
Know God beyond His gifts.
Trust God beyond your circumstances.
And like Job, may we be able to say:
“I KNOW THAT MY REDEEMER LIVETH!”
Boniface Amani Gichina (CPM)