Beyond The Four Walls

I heard something today about babies. That up to a certain age, they can only see a limited distance. When you move in close to them, and into their area of vision - that's when they can see you, that's when their eyes light up as they recognise you. But step outside that area of vision, and they can't see or recognise. It's beyond their boundaries of vision. It made me think about all of us, at any age, and our vision. I think even though we grow out of this stage, and can see further physically as we grow up - we still have limited vision. There is only so far we can see. Anything outside that barrier, and we don't see it. Imagine living inside four walls, we can only see what's within those four walls. As we move, the walls move with us, and as we move into different areas, we see different things. As we move forward we see just a bit more. I think our lives are very much like that. We can only see what is around us at times, what's within those four walls. And we can't see outside them. But someone else can. He can see the whole picture, He sees what's beyond those walls, in each direction. God is bigger than our area of vision, so much bigger. He sees what we don't and knows what we don't . Sometimes He'll open up a window and allow us to see glimpses of what's ahead, what's outside these four walls that are the present, the time we are in now. There could be a plan that's about to come into fruition just oustide the wall, perhaps a dream come true, or beautiful gift, a window of opportunity you've been waiting for, a new stage of life. If you hide your money away in a box - away from sight, it doesn't mean it doesn't exist. It's just out of sight for now. It's within reach if you want it, you can go and get it. So just because we can't see these things outside the wall, we can't see things getting better, or can't see that dream coming true, it doesn't mean it doesn't exist and isn't attainable. It's within reach - as long as we are moving in the right dirction and as long as we keep moving. If you stopped moving, then those fours walls would stop, you wouldn't allow what's outside of those walls to come inside, into your vision. And if you are moving in the wrong direction, those things that were just beyond your reach, become more and more out of your reach.
We need to understand that even though we can't see these things now, we can't see an end to the season we are in, that it does exist and that God can see it. So we need to keep moving, but in the right direction. And because we can't see it just yet, and don't know in which direction we should be moving because we can't see, we need to allow God to guide us in the right direction. We need to trust in Him that He has those things, those plans, those dreams for us, and we need to trust His guidance, allowing Him to move us in the right direction. God says in Psalm 32:8 - "I will guide you along the best pathway for your life. I will advise you and watch over you". Further on in 33:4 it says, "For the word of the Lord holds true and everything He does is worthy of our trust". So we can be 100% sure that He will guide us along the best pathway for our life. He will advise us on what to do, where to go, and watch over us so that if we do start going the wrong way, or we don't see that big hole in the path in front of us, He will let us know and steer us away from harm if we let Him. We can trust He will do this because it is in His Word and His word holds true. And we can trust that no matter what we're going through right now, no matter the hurts, the trials, the darkness, He will see us through it and out the other side. Everything He does is worthy of our trust, because everything the Lord does is good. His plans are to prosper you and not harm you.
Dont' be discouraged because you can't see past the walls around your life, don't be discouraged that you can't see what's going to happen in the future - because He can see. He will watch out for you. Just put your trust in Him and give Him the reins, give Him the steering wheel and just follow.