Sunday, March 2, 2014

Viewpoint


What do you see when you look at the piece of artwork displayed above?  Do you see a ballerina dancing?  Ribbons flowing?  Light dancing off her body as she balances on her toes?

What we see is a matter of viewpoint.  Perspective.  What one person sees will be different than what someone else sees.  I look at this and immediately see someone balancing her life on a single point.  Stretching and reaching to flowing ribbons cascading around her.  This is so indicative of our life.  We have ribbons of life all around us - kids, job, church, finances, sports, friendships, groups - and we are balancing on our toes, trying to make it all work seamlessly.  But, what would happen if we lost our balance?  What keeps her on her toes?  She has strength, endurance, balance in her life.  Do you have that in yours?  Where do you find it?

We find the balance we need in God's word.  His promises written in scripture help us learn the endurance and balance we need.  How do you learn God's word?  You read it.  Apply it.  Practice it.  Live it.  How does a ballerina become so good at twirling on her toes?  She studies ballet.  She practices ballet.  She lives ballet.  Our life should be more like hers - balanced, practiced, studied.  God gives us the steps we need to take to have a free flowing, blessed life.  Its in His word and its in the power of the Holy Spirit that he gave us when He ascended into heaven.  He didn't leave us here alone - he gave us the Holy Spirit to dwell in us


What do you see in the photo above?  Its quite different than the beauty of the ballerina isn't it?  I see something that could be growing, multiplying, taking over space.  I see the above picture as a symbol of sin in our lives.  Sin starts as one small cell.  Its a lie that we tell - nothing big.  But, as we live with that lie, try to cover that lie up, it grows.  Lie upon lie builds into something bigger than we can control.  I see it as a small act of sexual sin.  It only happened once, we think we can control it - until we are tempted again.  That one small act grows into another act, and then another, and before long we have this monster in the middle of our lives, taking up space and growing out of control.

How do we overcome the sin that so easily entangles us?  We present it to the Lord, ask for forgiveness, and reach for the promises in His word.  He promises to free us from our sins and cleanse us of all our unrighteousness.  

I saw the two pictures and immediately related them to things we deal with in our lives.  Have you ever thought to look at art that someone else has created and imagined what it was created for?  Looked for a deeper meaning?  Study these pictures.  Come up with your own viewpoint.  Consider expanding your horizons and viewing other art.  It was created for interpretation.  We must risk stepping outside of ourselves and delving into a world we may not want to touch in order to grow.

Take a chance on art today - and think about your viewpoint.  What does God want you to see and learn?  Listen to him...

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