Saturday, 20^th May 2023

Bible Reading: 1 Corinthians 13: 4-5

Memory Verse: Keep being concerned about each other as the Lord’s followers should. Hebrews 13:1 (CEV)

People called him mad man but I was surprised when he moved close to me and said, “Can I ask you a very important question?” I nodded in acceptance, and then, he asked, “Am I a mad man?” The obvious answer from a sane person will be, “no”, and that was what I said. “Thank you!”, he replied.

Then he said, “Just because I don’t see things the way other people do, does that make me a mad man?” “No”, I repeated again.

He bent down, wrote “W”, and asked me what he wrote. At this point, I was already feeling ashamed, getting involved in a lengthy conversation with him.

In a hurry to leave, I said “W”, but I was amazed when he replied to my answer. “You only see ‘W’, because of the angle at which you are looking at it. If you turn upside down, you’ll see “M”. If you look from the right side, it is “3”, and looking at it from the left side, it is “E”.

The fact that I don’t see things at the perspective that everyone is seeing it doesn’t make me a mad man, he said. Then he left.

I pondered for so long about this and its application to life because most times we act and relate to people based on the perspective at which we are looking at their situation. Have you taken your time to look at other possible perspectives?

I then decided that, before I get angry with, or act against, or judge anyone that has done something unfavourable to me, I will view it from at least three possible perspectives.

1. My own perspective,

2. His own perspective and,

3. Others perspective.

So, before you judge people, before you vent your anger on them, take a little time to view their angle or perspective, and, if you still cannot see a reasonable reason, then you may act reasonably.

Quote:  My faith is strong enough to endure, kind enough to feel, big enough to accommodate – Debasish Mridha.

Prophetic Decree: Receive grace to accommodate other people’s views, in Jesus name.

Prayer Focus

1. Thank you Father for the grace of self control and tolerance.

2. I receive grace to be accommodating, in Jesus name.

3. Holy Spirit, help me not to be narrow minded, in Jesus name.

4. Touchy and unaccommodating spirit, depart from me, in Jesus name.

5. I receive grace to live and practice God kind of love, in Jesus name.

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Psalm 5, 38, 41-42