12/08/2026
Everyone Sees What They Want…
Five people stand before the same garden.
But none of them sees exactly the same thing.
One sees money—a business opportunity, something that can be bought, sold, and turned into profit.
Another sees food and life—plants that can feed animals, sustain a family, and provide what is needed to survive.
Another sees flowers to sell—an opportunity to create something beautiful and turn it into a livelihood.
A child sees something completely different. She sees joy. She sees flowers to play with, colors to admire, and a world where simple things can make her happy.
And another sees possibility. He looks at the same garden and imagines a resort, a development, or perhaps clearing everything away to build something bigger.
Same garden. Different eyes. Different perspectives. Different desires.
That is how life often works.
We can stand in the same situation, experience the same circumstances, and still see completely different things.
Our experiences shape our eyes.
Our desires shape our thoughts.
Our fears shape our decisions.
And sometimes, what we want to see prevents us from seeing what is actually there.
The investor sees profit.
The caretaker sees responsibility.
The entrepreneur sees opportunity.
The child sees joy.
The planner sees transformation.
None of them is necessarily wrong.
But there is something deeper to remember:
What we see is not always the whole picture.
Sometimes we become so focused on what we want that we forget to ask whether it is truly what we need.
So before making a decision, before chasing an opportunity, before destroying something to build something new, and even before asking God to give us what we want…
Ask Him to show us what He wants us to see.
Ask for wisdom.
Ask for clarity.
Ask for discernment.
Ask for a heart that can recognize what is right—even when it is different from what we originally wanted.
Because sometimes, God may not change the garden.
He may simply change your eyes.
And when your perspective changes, the same situation can suddenly look completely different.
Don’t forget to ask Almighty God to help you see what He wants you to see—not merely what you want to see.
Because sometimes the greatest blessing isn’t getting what we were looking for.
It is finally seeing what was there all along.
