Faith Lens

When I was a kid, like many of you, I loved playing pretend. I would sneak into my grandparents’ bedroom, go to the nightstand or that top dresser drawer, and try on my grandfather’s glasses. I thought it was the coolest thing, putting on those oversized frames that practically swallowed my little face. I’d look in the mirror and laugh.

Then, I’d walk around the house, bumping into furniture, dizzy and stumbling because the prescription was way off. But to me, I wasn’t just playing. I felt grown up. I felt important. I felt like I could see the world the way my grandfather saw it.

Too often, we go through life looking through the wrong lenses, lenses of fear, of limitation, of past mistakes. We see ourselves through the lens of what didn’t work out, who walked away, what we’re lacking. And then we wonder why we’re stumbling around in discouragement, in confusion, in defeat.

It’s time to change your glasses. It’s time to stop seeing yourself through human eyes and start seeing yourself the way God sees you. “For my thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways my ways, says the Lord. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts” (Isaiah 55:8-9).

God’s vision is higher. God sees what we can’t see. He sees the purpose behind your pain, the healing behind the hurt, and the beauty behind the ashes. He sees not just where you are but where you’re going, not just what you’ve done but who you’re becoming.

Maybe you’ve been looking at your future and thinking, “It’s blurry. I don’t see a way forward.” You may have walked in today discouraged, disappointed, or disoriented. Today, like my nephew in this photo, God is inviting you to try on His glasses, not to play pretend, but to step into your real identity.

When you put on God’s glasses, suddenly your perspective changes. You stop focusing on the storm, and you start spotting the rainbow. You’re not dwelling on the hurt, you’re reminded of His healing. You're no longer fixated on what you've lost, you begin to expect what God is about to restore. So go ahead, put on those glasses of faith. Look in the mirror and smile again.