Perspective is everything! William Barclay shares the following illustration…
There is an incident that occurred during the time Sir Christopher Wren was building St. Paul’s Cathedral. On one occasion, he was doing the rounds checking on the work in progress. He came upon a man at work and asked him: “What are you doing?”
The man said: “I am cutting this stone to a certain size and shape.”He came to a second man and asked him what he was doing. The man said: “I am earning so much money doing this work.”He came to a third man at work and asked him what he was doing. The man paused for a moment, straightened himself and answered: “I am helping Sir Christopher Wren build St. Paul’s Cathedral.”
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• Attitude is that ‘single string’ that can keep me going, or it can make me decide to quit. When the Israelite soldiers saw Goliath, they thought, He is so big we can never kill him. When David saw Goliath, he thought, He is so big I can’t miss him.
• Attitude can fuel my fire or destroy my hope. Two shoe salesman were sent to Africa. One sent a telegram home that said: “Get me home, nobody here wears shoes.” The other salesman’s telegram said: “Send me all of the shoes you can, nobody here wears shoes.”
The most significant decision, you and I can make on a day-to-day basis is our choice of attitude.
To get the right perspective in life, we need to view our circumstances from heaven’s point of view.
“When we look at life from God’s perspective we come to see that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.” (Romans 8:28)
Friend… the trouble with our perspective of things is that we have our noses flat up against the canvas and can only see what is right in front of us. We need to stand back and see God’s bigger picture.
Will you step back a bit? Zoom out? Open the eyes of your
There is an incident that occurred during the time Sir Christopher Wren was building St. Paul’s Cathedral. On one occasion, he was doing the rounds checking on the work in progress. He came upon a man at work and asked him: “What are you doing?”
The man said: “I am cutting this stone to a certain size and shape.”He came to a second man and asked him what he was doing. The man said: “I am earning so much money doing this work.”He came to a third man at work and asked him what he was doing. The man paused for a moment, straightened himself and answered: “I am helping Sir Christopher Wren build St. Paul’s Cathedral.”
Perspective is not what we see, but the way we see …show more content…
• Attitude is that ‘single string’ that can keep me going, or it can make me decide to quit. When the Israelite soldiers saw Goliath, they thought, He is so big we can never kill him. When David saw Goliath, he thought, He is so big I can’t miss him.
• Attitude can fuel my fire or destroy my hope. Two shoe salesman were sent to Africa. One sent a telegram home that said: “Get me home, nobody here wears shoes.” The other salesman’s telegram said: “Send me all of the shoes you can, nobody here wears shoes.”
The most significant decision, you and I can make on a day-to-day basis is our choice of attitude.
To get the right perspective in life, we need to view our circumstances from heaven’s point of view.
“When we look at life from God’s perspective we come to see that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.” (Romans 8:28)
Friend… the trouble with our perspective of things is that we have our noses flat up against the canvas and can only see what is right in front of us. We need to stand back and see God’s bigger picture.
Will you step back a bit? Zoom out? Open the eyes of your