A Heavenly View

Let's assume for this point that heaven is like the typical person sees it - up over the clouds looking down over everything, seeing the whole world.

In the book I'm reading right now, Today Matters, author John Maxwell writes, "... when you seek to broaden your perspective and try to see life from a heavenly vantage point, everything makes a lot more sense." I believe this is true, but why?

Maybe because people of faith are transformed to view life from this vantage point. Imagine you are seeing life from heaven's view. From the heavenly vantage point you see more than yourself. From a heavenly vantage point we are no longer the center of the focus. We can now see farther in distance and time and see that more things are happening than just our stuff. We see more points of view, different angles, different reasons, different motivations. And the possibility/hope of different ends.

This new view causes us to live differently. We are less caught up in our own stuff. We don't believe that the world is out to get us. We understand that others have problems too. They have their own goals, dreams, motivations, purposes. They have bigger things going on than our petty problems. We acknowledge that whatever is happening to us right now, good or bad, could be setting up an effect on someone else we haven't even met. Right now is preparation for what's to come.

We are no longer the center of attention. We are living something bigger than ourselves. The view from heaven is a good one.