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The Lens Shift: Seeing God. Seeing Ourselves. Clearly. DAY 6

The Flip Moment

At some point, the lens doesn’t just adjust… it flips.


Up until now, maybe you’ve been tracking with this idea:


That God isn’t distant.
That He’s near.
That He’s present.


But there’s a moment where “near” isn’t enough language anymore.


Because Scripture doesn’t stop at proximity.


It moves to something deeper:


Something more personal.
Something harder to ignore.


It doesn’t just say God is with you.


It says:

  • “Christ in you, the hope of glory” — Colossians 1:27 
  • “We will come to them and make our home with them” — John 14:23 
  • “God is love… whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in them” — 1 John 4:16 

That’s not poetic language…


That’s positional.
That’s identity.


And if you stay with that last line long enough… something begins to shift.


Not forcefully.
Not defensively.


But quietly.


You start to see it from a different angle.


Not just: “God is love.”


But:

Love is the clearest expression of God.


And this is where the lens flips.


Because if God is not distant — and not just near — but within, then Love is not something you reach for…


It’s something you live from.


So, when you read:


“Whoever lives in love lives in God and God in them…”


You begin to hear it differently.


Not as a condition.
Not as a requirement.


But as a revelation.


Not that God is love as a description…


But that Love is God.


And if that’s true…


Where Love is present, God is not absent.
And where Love is lived, God is being fully expressed.


Because this is the moment everything settles.


The striving loses its grip.
The pressure begins to fade.
The constant question of “Am I close enough?” starts to lose its voice.


Not because you figured everything out…


But because the foundation changed.


You’re no longer trying to reach God.


You’re learning to recognize where He’s already chosen to live.


This is the lens shift I unpack more fully in:


What If We’ve Had God Backwards?


If this series has challenged how you see God, this is where the conversation continues.


💬 Final Thought


If God is Love and that Love lives within you…


Then maybe the question was never:


“Where is God?”


But:


“Am I recognizing Him in the place He’s already chosen to live?”


──────── ✦ ────────


You’re not becoming.
You’re remembering.
— Wag

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