From one man he made every nation of men, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and he determined the times set for them and the exact places where they should live. God did this so that men would seek him and perhaps reach out for him and find him, though he is not far from each one of us.
If you stand on the earth and look at the moon, the moon looks small and the earth looks enormous. But if you stand on the moon and look at the earth, the earth looks pretty small.
I like looking at problems from a different perspective. It helps me see the problem as it really is. Sometimes we forget that the problem might not be what it originally seems. When we're intimidated by an angry person, we forget that person's perspective. They've experienced pain in some form. Their pain is the problem, not their anger. We can help them by praying for their healing instead of letting them intimidate us.
You can pray about any problem you have. It might be a problem so big that it weighs you down with stress and worry. You might think you have to handle it all on your own. But many times, it’s too big for you to fix. You might even think it can’t be fixed.
What you really need is a change of perspective.
The problem isn’t big when you put it in God’s hands. If we look at it from God’s view, we’ll see that he can handle it. He’s not sweating.
However, if we see ourselves, our problems, and our God through a worldly (ungodly) perspective, God doesn’t seem big enough to handle what he says he’ll handle. It’s hard to relax and trust God when we see him as being far away.
According to Acts 17, God is not far from us. Sure, there are problems to face, but I challenge you to sit at the feet of God and notice that the world isn’t such a problem when it’s in God's hands.
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