Am I Seeing What My Father Sees?

If you examine the various accounts of Jesus feeding the multitudes, they all share similar circumstances. Each account describes thousands of hungry people, limited resources, and a lack of faith. Yet, in every account, a few loaves of bread and fish are multiplied to feed thousands, with plenty of food left over.
 
What happened? Think about this: Jesus revealed the power of spiritual vision. The resources of bread and fish took on the nature of the One looking at them. Natural eyes saw the shortage. But spiritual eyes saw more than enough. Jesus’ vision, compassion, and faith caused the bread and fish to take on the nature of the resources He saw in the spiritual. The resources miraculously became what He saw. 
 
“But we know that when He appears, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is” (1 John 3:2).
 
This verse indicates that we will be transformed into His image when we “see” Him. In other words, what we “see” is what we become. Proverbs 23:7 affirms this truth: “As he thinks in his heart, so is he.” 
 
The things around us take on the nature of how we see them. When we “see” a lack in our hearts, our resources reflect that lack. When we see sickness, we reflect sickness. When we see problems, we reflect problems. The lack of vision defines our lives and futures.

Jesus said: “A good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth good things, and an evil man out of the evil treasure brings forth evil things” (Matthew 12:35). 
 
Out of our hearts, we either bring forth what we lack or the power of God’s spiritual resources. What we see becomes what we are. What we envision in our hearts is powerful.
 
Jesus saw more than enough in the loaves and fish, and they responded to what He saw. The nature of the bread and fish had to conform to the nature of the spiritual. Through Jesus’ vision, a meal for just a few people became a meal for thousands. He chose to see His Father’s abundance, and the bread and fish adjusted to His spiritual vision. 
 
Then Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly I say to you, the Son can do nothing of Himself, but what He sees the Father do. For whatever He does, likewise the Son does” (John 5:19)
 
Jesus trusted in His relationship with the Father to receive vision. What He “saw” the Father doing became the vision for what He did. This is why Jesus always had the resources and faith to meet the needs of those who came to Him. He had already seen it. The resources responded to the nature of the vision and the faith of Jesus. 
 
Isn’t Jesus’ Father also our Father? Do we not have the same Holy Spirit? Can we not also “see” the vision of the Father? Yes, we can. We were created in His image. We can see with His eyes. God’s vision is revealed in His Word. When we genuinely get His Word in our hearts, we no longer see what we lack. We see what is ours in the spiritual. There is immense power in seeing God’s spiritual resources. 
 
“But blessed are your eyes for they see,” Jesus said (Matthew 13:16). His spiritual vision doesn’t create a lack. It blesses you and me.
 
Without my Father’s vision, I will perish; my own vision welcomes the lack of His blessings (Proverbs 29:18). Do I trust my relationship with Him? How do I view the resources in my life—my health, ministry, work, marriage, family, and friends? They all respond to my perspective every day. Am I seeing what my Father sees?