A dear man of God shared an experience he had on one of his overseas trips. He arrived in the country with his team only to find out that their luggage was missing. Rather than allowing the incident to dampen his morale, he simply told his team; “Thank God it’s our luggage that was missing, not us.” That statement changed everyone’s perspective.
Friend, stop counting your losses (Habakkuk 3:17-19). It may be true that you have lost something. God is the reason you have not lost everything. What you focus on is what would determine your emotions and ultimately direct your attitude and response to life. If you find yourself in a negative emotional state, check what you have been focusing on (Proverbs 23:7).
If you focus on your blessings, gratitude wells up in your heart, and faith is stirred up in your spirit (Psalm 103:1-5). But if you focus on your losses, you end up slipping into discouragement and depression. This is where the devil wants you to be. He wants you to stay discouraged and depressed so that he can have access to your life and affairs (1 Samuel 30:6). Don’t allow him.
The truth is, you have more blessings than losses. It’s only that you focus on the losses (Job 14:14). You might have lost a job, a business opportunity, or a pregnancy. But you have more blessings than all of those. You have life. You have health. God has been sustaining you despite the job loss. You have God (Psalm 16:1-6).
Train yourself to see what God is doing even in the midst of what the devil seems to be doing (Job 19:25). Train yourself to see the invisible so you can experience the incredible. What you can see in the physical is temporal; it is subject to change. What you cannot see in the physical is eternal (2 Corinthians 4:16-18). It is the spiritual that controls the physical.
Gratitude is about perspective (Psalm 27:13). While someone sees the glass as half-empty, another sees it as half-full. How do you see your life, family, business, marriage, finances, ministry, etc., this season? Do you see God’s blessings, or do you see what’s not working? Remember, what you focus on multiplies (John 6:11-13). May the blessings of God be multiplied in your life this season in Jesus name. Amen.
‘Demola Awoyele
Lead Pastor,
Destiny Impact Church
Akure, Nigeria