A Prayer for Perspective

How do you know you’re seeing life from God’s viewpoint?

You start looking at other people the way God does. You see your parent, your spouse, your neighbor, your kid, and your coworker as lovable and forgivable—as people created in God’s image. But having that perspective doesn’t always come easily. It requires spiritual maturity.

Do you need help seeing other people with God’s eyes? Pray this prayer, asking God to help you see others as he sees them:

God,

I know that my tendency is to see other people from my own limited human perspective. I get irritated. I see them as competition. I feel that they’re burdens. But when you look at each person, you see them as valuable and beloved. In fact, you love them so much that you died for them. The Bible says,

“When Jesus . . . saw a large crowd, he had compassion on them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd” (Mark 6:34 NIV).

Whether I’m looking at a large crowd or into the eyes of one person, teach me to choose to see them through a lens of love, compassion, and grace. Help my spiritual vision grow stronger as I learn to see people the way Jesus does. It’s in his name I pray.

Amen.