God is adjusting our baseline view, for we have been out of alignment. When your baseline view is inflated the Lord has to deflate you a bit, when your baseline view is diminished the Lord has to lift up your eyes to see differently. Everyone of us has a baseline view that is out alignment in some way and the Lord is adjusting it to His baseline view, which is the same for all of us. Some of us are inflated and others are diminished, but the Lord is making us all have a baseline view of Trust, for that is His baseline view for every one.

I was walking this morning and on the ground were a bunch of leaves that had fallen from the trees above me. Some leaves were small, but other leaves were really big and the Lord spoke to me and He said, “You declare things big or small based on your baseline view. But if your view changes then what you once saw as a large leave is actually not large if your baseline view is the size of the leave.” He was inviting me, yet again to increase my baseline view so when I see something happen, I can view it accurately, not inflate it or diminish it.

Here is a practical example. If your baseline view is the amount of money in your bank account, then you will see a repair on your car, like the 6 tires I had to buy this weekend for two cars, as a big expense, if your account is unable to support the amount of the repairs. However, if your baseline view of your account can support the repairs then you do not get thrown into fear. Money is a fluctuating baseline view, that is why God wants all of us to have a baseline view of trust not some dollar amount, marital status or title.

Look at the leaves my friends, whether you see them as big or small, they both need sun to change colors, they both need wind to fall from the trees, they both need rain to be wet and they both need God who created them. Didn’t Jesus say, “Look at the birds of the air, they neither toil nor spin, nor gather into barns yet your Heavenly Father knows how to feed them. Are you not more valuable than they?” (Matthew 6:26) Fear not, God is just adjusting your baseline view to Trust so you can live without fear of anything.