The Ant And The Contact Lens

     There’s a great story about a group of hikers who were climbing the side of a mountain I want to share!  Roped in for security, the climbers were making their way to the top.  One of the ladies somehow managed to hit the rope just right and one of her contact lens popped out.  She was already frightened by the height and then add to this, the blurring of sight, she about had a melt down!

She, along with those around her, frantically looked for the mis-lodged contacts.  It was useless, so they all continued climbing.  The lady with a sense of altered sight now had to rely totally on the rope for the remaining of the journey.  Once on top, she sat down and just cried, asking the Lord how she was supposed to climb down without being able to properly see.

As she continued to pray and ask for calm, another group of climbers were ascending.  There was the shout from someone below who said, “Hey, anyone up there lose a contact lens?”  It turns out one of the new climbers happened to see the lens, because the sunshine hit the moving contact; revealing an ant that was carrying it. 

Isn’t that just like God?  He has a way of making a way when there doesn’t seem to be any possible solution.  As we face our day to day dilemma of the corona virus situation, politics seem to be overwhelmingly altering the decisions of our leaders.  There are those who fear that our world will never be ‘as it was’ before all this started.  I tend to agree.   

But God can see the whole picture.  We view it only through our human eyes and like the climber who couldn’t see without her contact lens, we can’t see without looking through the lens of God.  This is not to suggest we will get the answers for which we are looking, but it can change our perspective just the same.

Regardless of what we endure here on Earth, God is still in control.  He has the capability of changing the hearts and minds of those in leadership decisions.  Perhaps he is choosing to let our world be operated in a less than Biblical manner, to see just where we, Christian Believers, stand.   

I don’t have the first clue to what an alternative plan would be. I think regardless of the strategy implemented, there are those who are going to disagree!  But we can still look at the world and reach out to those who are in despair and hurting, whether it be physical, emotional or spiritual.  We can still make a difference if we choose to!

Is it easy?  Not necessarily.  It may put us out of our comfort zone.  It may take us places we’d rather not go and perhaps even need to take a chance or two against the dreaded germ.  If nothing else, we can cry out to the Lord, to open our eyes so that we may see what HE wants us to do.  There are options, and I hope you are listening to hear what God wants you to do during this time of change.  

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