Love has been perfected among us in this: that we may have boldness in the day of judgment; because as He is, so are we in this world.

When you look at yourself (your weaknesses) and your negative circumstances, it’s easy to become seized with anxiety, fear, and despair.

That’s why God wants us to look away from ourselves and look at Jesus. In God’s eyes, because He has placed us in Christ, Jesus’ reality is our reality today—“as He is, so are we in this world”!

So don’t focus on your vulnerability or the lack in your life and get discouraged. Ask yourself: Is Jesus abandoned, forgotten, sick, and poor today? No, He is at the right hand of the Father, full of life, peace, joy, and favor.

All of heaven’s resources are at His disposal. He is greatly blessed, highly favored, and deeply loved by the Father today, and so are you!

To be Jesus-occupied like this is to see as God sees. And when you see as God sees, you will also see the grace and supply of the Lord swallow up every lack in your life!