Adjust your perspective!

March 4, 2012

We often complain about the cost of gas prices. But put these items below into perspective the other liquid items we purchase regularly.

Lipton tea: 16 ounces for $1.19 = $9.52 per gallon
Diet snapple: 16 ounces for $1.29 = $10.32 per gallon
Gatorade: 20 ounces for $1.59 = $10.18 per gallon
Ocean Spray cranberry juice: 16 ounces for $1.25 = $10 per gallon
STP brake fluid: 12 ounces for $3.15 = $33.60 per gallon
Vick's NyQuil: 6 ounces for $8.35 = $178.13 per gallon
Pepto-bismol: 4 ounces for $3.85 = $123.20 per gallon
Scope: 1.5 ounces for $.99 = $84.48 per gallon
Evian water: 9 ounces for $1.49 = $21.19 per gallon

As much as we complain about gas prices, when compared to purchasing gallons of any of the above liquid items, gas suddenly doesn't seem that expensive, does it? That's because we've put it to perspective. Good things happen when we're about to put life events into perspective. Things suddenly don't seem too bad.

For example, Elijah felt as though he was the only follower of God left on earth when, he really wasn't. All he needed was a perspective adjustment. When he allowed God to shift his perspective, he realized there were actually thousands of godly people around him.

Do you need a perspective adjustment? If so, you're definitely not alone! Luke 9:54 shows that James and John wanted to pray fire down from Heaven to make an entire town, but then Jesus helped them with perspective. A little perspective adjustment can really make all the difference!

Know it! --- It's really easy to become focused only on ourselves and what we want. But God wants to help you see life clearly-- through his perspective.

Read it! --- 1 Kings 19:11-18
                 Proverbs 13:20; 21:22
                 Luke 9:52-56

Pray it! --- Ask God to help you see things from his perfect perspective. <3