What to Do When You See a Lack?

When Jesus went to see Lazarus, it looked like a dead situation. Lazarus had been in the tomb for 4 days, the place was already stinking, and everyone around had given up hope. But do you know what Jesus did? He walked right into that dead situation, lifted His eyes to heaven, and said, “Wow, heaven is full of life.” 

When you see an impossibility or a lack, where do you look? If your job or your family is where you look to for your supply, you will always see lack. Instead, if you can look at your impossibility or lack and just look to heaven, you will see differently. 

Because Jesus did the same! When the disciples came to Jesus worried about feeding the crowd of five thousand men, plus women and children, they were overwhelmed. The demand was huge and the supply was small. They saw the lack, but Jesus lifted His eyes and saw the supply of heaven. He thanked the Father, and heaven’s supply crushed the demand in front of Him.

Think about Elijah. The Bible says there was a severe drought in Israel. It had not rained, the land was dry and everything looked hopeless. But Elijah was not looking down, and counting the lack around him. He was looking at the sky. And God sent a crow to bring food to Elijah because His eyes were on heaven, and from there came the supply. That’s your God. 

Where is your focus? People, situation or God?

God can use you when your eyes are fixed on Him; He can use anything and anybody to bless you. But if your eyes are on people or on your situation, it won’t work. 

How do you know that your focus is truly on heaven and not on your situation? The test is your level of praise and thanksgiving. If thankfulness is coming from your mouth, then you know your focus is in heaven. Because that’s what Jesus did too. He thanked God when He looked at the abundance of heaven.

But if your gaze is on your situation, then it will be hard for you to praise with your mouth. So that’s the test—how’s your level of praise? This season, fix your gaze on heaven, no matter what your situation is. 

XOXO
Author Kim Dsouza