Seeing Through the Eyes of Faith: How Your Perspective Shapes Your Future - January, 2025

Bible Text: “Numbers 13:1- 33and Numbers 14: 1- 38

Memory Verse: “For we walk by faith, not by sight.” — 2 Corinthians 5:7 (KJV)

How Your Perspective Shapes Your life

Your Perspective shapes your experiences and expectations. If your perspective is clouded by fear of the present and uncertainty about the future, you may find yourself facing challenges—not just from the enemy, but also from God, who desires to build your faith. However, if you choose to see through the lens of faith, trusting in God’s promises, you will be empowered to overcome every challenge that comes your way.

Your perception of life can either qualify or disqualify you from the glorious future God has planned. If you view life through the lens of doubt, fear, and negativity, you will struggle to see God’s hand at work. But when you see through the eyes of faith, you align yourself with His promises and receive strength to walk in victory.

Benefits of a faith-filled perspective to life

But my servant Caleb, because he had another spirit with him, and hath followed me fully, him will I bring into the land whereinto he went; and his seed shall possess it.
— Numbers 14:24

Joshua and Caleb stood apart because they viewed the Promised Land through faith, not fear. While the other spies saw giants and obstacles, they saw opportunities and God’s faithfulness. Joshua and Caleb’s faith perspective earned them and theor families access to the promised land while the fearful spies were denied entry into the promised land.

How to develop a faith-filled perspective

This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.
— Joshua 1:8

But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.
— James 1:22

To develop a faith-filled perspective, you must become both a KNOWER and a DOER of God’s Word. The study of Scripture is often overlooked as a tool for preparing for life’s challenges, yet it is the most powerful preparation for a victorious future. God’s Word equips you with promises to anchor your faith and take on each day with confidence. Our perception determines your response to life’s challenges—will you respond in fear or in faith?

So, ask yourself: What promise of God is coloring your day today?

Get Deliberate

• Identify one promise from God’s Word that speaks to your current situation. Write it down and meditate on it throughout the day.
• Practice speaking faith-filled words over your life, replacing doubt and fear with declarations of God’s promises.
• Commit to daily Bible study, focusing on how God’s Word applies to your everyday challenges.

Prayer

Heavenly Father, thank You for the gift of faith and the promises in Your Word. Help me to see life through Your eyes, trusting that You have a glorious future prepared for me. Strengthen my heart to overcome fear and walk in the victory You have already won for me. In Jesus’ name, Amen.

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Bible References

Numbers 13:30 – “Then Caleb silenced the people before Moses and said, ‘We should go up and take possession of the land, for we can certainly do it.’”

Hebrews 11:1 – “Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see.”

Romans 10:17 – “So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.”

By choosing to see through the eyes of faith, you position yourself for the victories God has already secured for you. Take hold of His promises and walk boldly into the future He has prepared!

if you are struggling to commit to daily Bible study, join a Bible study group like the Deliberate Christian Bible Study and Prayer Chain to develop the discipline of daily Bible study for a faith-filled perspective.

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