It's Just a Mirage

For we live by faith, not by sight. http://bible.us/2Cor5.7.NIV

It's been so hot lately I can barely stand to be outside. As the temperatures soar way past uncomfortable, I notice the hot road-water mirages on the surface of the pavement. What we see appears as water on what is in reality dry land. 

These mirages are caused not by any water on the surface, but by warm air immediately above the pavement.  The sunlight beating on the pavement warms the pavement significantly above the air temperature.  The warm pavement in turn warms a layer of air immediately above the pavement.  

This commonly occurs on summer days, when an asphalt road that has been baking in the sun heats the air directly above it, creating a sharp shift in air density levels near the ground. As light passes between the different levels, it bends, creating mirages.

 What we see is actually a result of some of the light that would normally hit the ground actually bend in midair because it moves from the cooler, denser air level into the hotter, less dense air right above the ground. This effect is what we know as a mirage. 

In life as we journey along our God given promises and assignments, sometimes we run into spiritual mirages. As we head toward our Divine destinies, false images appear ahead where the light of the word of God is shining before us and lighting our God declared victories. 

Yet just like natural mirages, a force enters our realm. The enemy tries to squeeze between us and the promises of our King. As God continues to shed light and revelation on our path, the enemy tries to distort our vision by reflecting an image contrary to what God has decreed!  We look around and ahead and things seem like we are losing ground, more problems arise, we question whether we've done something wrong as if these images are true. The devil lies and tells us perhaps it's our fault. We start to think maybe things are going wrong because of something we've done or worse didn't do enough of. But friend I want to tell you that these circumstances are mirages. They are lies manufactured by the enemy to cause you to live your life by what you can see. But God says you must live by faith, the substance and evidence you can't see. Without faith we will make the wrong choices, take the wrong turns, and miss God's plan for us!  

So take the time to slow down, repent for believing that what you see happening in your situation as the truth, and begin to speak and decree what God promised you and your seed. 
Remember if it's not good or God's best, it is merely a mirage!
Be blessed