God's Perspective is Bigger

I think it is critical to always be a student. I am convinced that you can learn a ton about life by just listening to those around you and allowing God to speak to you in teachable moments. I was eating lunch at a local high school recently when a student at my table began to complain that the food did not meet his standards. He refused to eat his chicken fajita. I must admit that I was a bit perplexed because I just destroyed my fajita and I thought it was dang good and I gladly scarfed his down when he offered it. I thought about telling him how he has it good because the cafeteria food when I was a teenager was far worse. I refrained however, because I remembered how I hated when adults would say ridiculous things like: “I used to walk to school 5 miles…in ten feet of snow…with no shoes because my parents could not afford them.” I have two words for those in the past dwellers “SHUT UP”. Anyways…another student chimed in and began to explain how she was so upset that her mom did not give her an extra dollar to buy ice cream. These students were obviously suffering, well at least in their minds. Then it hit me. My perspective is so jacked. Is this suffering or is there perspective on life shallow? I mean 800 million people will lay their heads down for bed tonight without a single bite of food for the day. People that would probably do anything just short of killing someone for a high school cafeteria chicken fajita. We are so spoiled that the things we consider suffering are a joke. Forgive us God for our complaining. We must understand that God has the greatest perspective. Our perspective is based on our knowledge, upbringing, and experiences. Who has experienced everything? Who has limitless knowledge of everything? The answer is clearly no one. We are finite. We have not experienced everything, we don’t understand everything, and our perspective is very limited. God is infinite. God is Omniscient. God is not limited. How often do we blame God or complain about something going on in our life? God sees the big picture. He works all things together for good. It reminds me of how a parent does not let a small child cross the street without holding hands. The parent wants to protect the small child. Obviously the parent’s perspective is greater than the child. They are older; more experienced and have more knowledge. They know if the child wanders into the road oblivious to the danger of oncoming cars, it could easily lead to disaster. The gap between God’s understanding and a parent far exceed the gap between a parent and the child. Just something to think about…