Step back and see the Bigger Picture

1 Corinthians  16:9 For a great door and effectual is opened unto me, and there are many adversaries.

One day the chamber of commerce in a small town invited a successful businessman to come and speak.

The local economy was bad and they were discouraged, so his job was to motivate them.

He took a large pice of white paper and made a red dot in the center of it.

"What do you see?" he asked the audience. One person replied, "I see a red dot." the speaker said, "fine, but what else do you see?" others echoed in, "A red dot".

The speaker asked, "Don't you see anything else besides the dot?" the audience responded with a resounding no, the speaker said "you have overlooked the most important thing, you've missed seeing the sheet of paper, then he went on to explain that in life we are often distracted by small, dot-like failures and experiences".

They keep us from seeing the blessings and successes that are more important than the disappointments that they try to monopolise our attention and drain our energy.

Paul wrote, "A great and effective door has opened to me, and there are many adversaries."

Opportunity and obstacles go together, Paul didn't deny the reality of the opposition he faced ; he just chose to focus on the opportunity it presented.

Your red dot may be failure, disappointment, barrenness, death of parents, hatred, temptations that lead to sin, gossips and criticisms etc

Joseph didn't let the hatred of his brothers stop him from becoming what he needs to be

Stop focusing on the little problems devil present to you, so as not to  focus of the bigger glory God have for you ahead.

Always step back and look at the bigger picture

God bless you.