Vantage Points

A Realization of How Superior God’s Is to Mine

We had experienced excessive heat in Portland, Oregon for a third consecutive day. On the second day, I noticed that our window AC’s just didn’t do the job of cooling down our rooms. The upstairs master suite showed 85 degrees on the clock; the downstairs family room reached 79 degrees and was the coolest place in the house.

However, it was too hot to move around. My two year old dog, Marlee looked forlorn without my husband Dave in the house as he was out of town and coupled with the fact that I just wasn’t providing very good entertainment because we would overheat too readily if either of us tried to move vigorously. I knew that I would be taking her to the much cooler Oregon Coast the next day. She had no idea about the anticipated road trip even though I mentioned it several times!😊

So it felt a little bit sad to understand that fun and comfort were on deck and know that my little doggie had no idea. I wanted her to comprehend, but that was not in her wheelhouse because I don’t speak “dog”. I had no way to communicate to “have faith, Marlee, tomorrow will be a better day.” I had to hold on to that knowledge until we reached the coast and she felt the cool breezes.

I awoke at 7am and began getting things together to go. I played Christian music and listened again to the Sunday sermon. I heard something new this time as it related to 1 Peter 5:7 and “casting all my cares on the Lord”. I already knew that I trust Him and know that He is working out two situations that seem impossible and that He will solve the issues suddenly and return double portion things I have lost over time. And I know that I keep picking back up the problems by trying to figure out the solutions when I have zero concrete ideas how to do it.

Then I heard that it is not time for God to reveal His solutions to me. He sees them from His vantage point and He knows when and how He will reveal them to me. There will be certain answers that I have prayed for continuously for months now. And they are going to be spectacular answers that show only He could have given them to me. The answers will come like a geyser and be so undeniably God. Nothing can stop His plans. “For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you a hope and a future.” (Jeremiah 29:11)

So I get to sit back, enjoy the ride, and quit picking the problems back up. I have prayed and will continue, I have worshiped Him and will continue, I have stated God’s Word and will continue, and the new point from today is that once I have done all those things to just “be”. Be in the moment. Refuse to pick up my problems when my brain gets reminded. “Be.” Immerse myself in the beauty and truths around me. Laugh, cry, whatever I feel while I am just “being”.

And then the day will come when the geysers erupt with God’s solutions for me. God will have been the Creative One with the genius ideas and answers. He does immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine. (Ephesians 3:20) He’s got the vantage point, like I had with my dog when I knew my plans to drive us to the beach. His plan will be spectacular and I will know it when I see it suddenly revealed before me and feel the breeze and mist from the geysers.

So I trust Him and just want to “be”.

“Be still and know that I am God.” (Psalms 46:10)

In His service,

Nancy Womersley

August 16, 2023