A Matter of Godly Perspective

Credits: Edward H. Adelson

I thought this was rather interesting and thought-provoking. Looking at the image, you would immediately conclude that Square A is of course darker than Square B. It seems almost impossible or even unimaginable that they could be of the same colour. Truth to be told, they are actually of the same shade of grey. Unexplainable? Well, see for yourself here. Our eyes play tricks on us. When put together next to different shades of grey, a grey square appears differently to the human eye.

Don't you think life is often like this too? Often when we are in a difficult situation or an undesirable one, we ask God, "Why have you got me into this?!" We lose sight of the fact that He has promised to show us the way as we obey Him. We blame God and lose ourselves in empty self pity and grumbling, forgetting that His ways are not our ways and that He has called us to trust in Him with all our heart and lean not on our own understanding.

I have learnt over the past year that the only way to live life to the fullest is to obey God when He directs. Even when our human understanding and knowledge tells us otherwise. I have learnt too that very often, God speaks to us through our spiritual leaders. Was there a time you felt that you knew better and that your church leader or pastor was just being over-reactive to your ways? My encouragement to you is to respond in obedience. Don't lose your way among the different shades or grey. Follow Jesus, the one way that we could only live for.


Joshua Teo