A New Vision

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"And the one who had received the one talent came up and said, 'Master, I knew you to be a hard man, reaping where you did not sow, and gathering where you scattered no seed. And I was afraid and went away and hid your talent in the ground; see, you have what is yours." Matt 25:24-25

It seems inevitable that the way we view the Lord in our lives is the way we will treat others in our lives. in other words, if we view the Lord has a hard and harsh man who has no mercy, no grace, always judging, always stern, then unsurprising ly we tend to treat people in exactly the same way.

Yes, the Lord is stern at times, and does confront our sin and does chastise us as His sons, but did you notice that Jesus introduces God as the Heavenly FATHER?
The servant in the passage quoted was rebuked because he had the wrong perspective of his Master and therefore acted contrary to His nature.

One of the greatest accomplishments we can have as sons of God is to get a true perspective of our Father in Heaven, Of the nature of His SON. Armed with this revelation we will have our view of how to respond to people shifted to align with the Lord's.

As we have a change of perspective, a change of vision of the nature and the Person of the Lord, so He will change our perspective of people and our vision for them.
However I view the vertical, so will be my horizontal.

How is your relationship with your Heavenly Father?
Do you believe He is unforgiving and harsh?
Do you believe He is out to straighten everyone up?
Do you believe He is critical and judgmental?

Remember He is NOT your earthly father....

Or do you KNOW He is a loving Father who will correct and encourage in love for your benefit NOT His own?
That He always seeks to cause your growth and increase as a person?
That you always have access to Him for comfort, for wisdom without having to earn some points before you can get there?

Go and read the Bible again for a new vision of who God is and what His nature is toward you. And suddenly you will begin to see people differently as well.