Do You See a Problem or an Opportunity?

Artur Simonyan • May 28, 2019

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Two people traveled to Africa to sell shoes. When they arrived, they noticed that everyone was walking barefoot.

One of them said, “My shoes will never sell here because everyone is barefoot.”

But the other one said, “My shoes will sell very well here because everyone is barefoot.”

The same situation. The same place. The same reality.

But two completely different perspectives.

Where one person saw a problem, the other saw an opportunity.

This happens in our lives too. Many times, the difference is not in the situation itself, but in the way we see it. One person looks at difficulty and says, “This is impossible.” Another looks at the same difficulty and says, “God can do something here.”

Our perspective can either limit us or open our hearts to faith.

God is not limited by what we see, what we feel, or what seems impossible to us. He is able to open doors where we see walls. He is able to bring life where we see dryness. He is able to create opportunities in places where we only saw problems.

Sometimes the very thing that looks like a challenge may become the place where God reveals His power.

So today, ask yourself:

Am I looking at my situation through fear, or through faith?

Am I seeing only the problem, or am I allowing God to show me the opportunity?

Remember: what you focus on shapes how you move forward.

Do not limit God with small thinking, fear, or doubt.

He is bigger than your problem, greater than your circumstances, and faithful in every season.

Dear friends, do not limit an unlimited God.

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