Transformed Perspective

August 6

I contemplate a time in eternity when all mysteries shall be revealed. It will be a mere twinkling of time when all of life’s perplexities that have so eluded our understanding will be made plain before us. The reality is that from our eternal vantage point, we won’t care, but I think God will tie up the loose ends for us.

On that day, when nothing will matter except what we have done with Christ, I can imagine that our greatest victories in time will seem as nothing by comparison to the total joy and wonder of being in the presence of Jesus, our Almighty God, King and Savior.

I wonder how differently we will see our trials and our victories. The burden of the trials will be no longer felt and perhaps the joy of our victories will be heightened. When we have focused all on Jesus and nothing on ourselves, our vantage point will be elevated to His heavenly perspective.

We will see with the clarity of the pure eyes of eternity what seemed to be of such magnitude while we were in time. When we see the walls of our Jericho that “fell after being encircled for seven days,” (Hebrews 11:30) or after 70 years, the trial will seem as nothing. Jesus, the inheritance He gives, will be all-in-all.

May we appropriate a bit of that heavenly perspective while we abide in this tabernacle of flesh. Our trials will be diminished and our hope shall be renewed. How can we achieve this transformed perspective? By focusing not on our problems, not on ourselves, but on Jesus.