What do you see?

Posted by princesschristine on March 13, 2010 · Leave a Comment

photo credits to www.natter.co.za

I’m sure many of us would’ve been asked ‘What do you see?’ when shown the picture above? And many people will also tell you, how you see it (is the glass half empty? or half full?) is determined by how optimistic/pessimistic you are. May I propose something else?

Rather than accepting that the glass is half filled, we should envision it full, or even – overflowing! So what if you say the glass is half full/half empty when regardless of how you see it, or how you convince yourself to think positively, you are still admitting, professing, confirming that indeed there is only half a glass of water.

Similarly, with your environment, your workplace, your relationships with people, your life, even your ministry… I suppose it’s easier to just say, “it’s like that one lahh.. just look on the bright side lorr.. there are many other people worse off than me..” or, “yeah, what can I do? the situation is like that, how much can one person do to change?”

I say can. No, scratch that.. what I say is not important, God says CAN! He said in John 10: 10, I have come to give life, and life to the full. Not to the half, not to the mediocre, not to status quo. In fact in other translations He says abundantly, that’s MORE than full.

Luke 6:38

Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.

You say, give what? Well, how you see your situation is what you will expect in return. If you are satisfied with a glass half full, then with that measure, it will be given to you. Similarly, if you see FULL and ABUNDANT, God will use that measure to you (I’m not talking about finances only, but in everything!).