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Our Daily Bread - Thursday, March 17, 2016
by RBC Ministries

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PERSPECTIVE FROM THE CLOUDS

READ:

I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear: but now mine eye seeth thee.
-Job 42:5

THE BIBLE IN ONE YEAR:
Deuteronomy 30-31
Mark 15:1-25

In 1927, the silent film, Wings, a World War I film about two American aviators won the first Academy Award for Best Picture. When it was being filmed, production stopped for several days. Frustrated producers asked the director why. He responded: "All we have is blue sky. The conflict in the air will not be as visible without clouds. Clouds bring perspective." He was right. Only by seeing aerial combat with clouds as a backdrop could the viewer see what was really going on.
We often wish for blue skies instead of storm clouds. But cloudy skies may reveal God's faithfulness. We gain perspective on how God has been faithful in our trials as we look back on the clouds.
At the beginning of his terrible suffering, Job lamented: "May the day perish on which I was bornMay a cloud settle on it" (Job 3:3-5). His experience of despair continued for a long time until God spoke. Then Job exclaimed, "I have heard Youbut now my eye sees You" (42:5). Job had encountered the sovereign Creator, and that changed his perspective on God's purposes.
Do clouds of trouble fill your skies today? Sooner than you think, God may use these clouds to help you gain perspective on His faithfulness. - Dennis Fisher
God, give us wings to rise above
The clouds of trial that block the sun,
To soar above gray skies and see
The love and goodness of Your Son. - Sper

Often the clouds of sorrow reveal the sunshine of His face. - Jasper

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