Ann and I like to take binoculars with us in the car. We have another set for the home. They give us a totally different perspective. We like looking at the distance. It brings it closer and into view. One thing I’ve noticed about looking through the binoculars is that I’m focused on just what’s in the lens. I don’t really notice anything else around me. All my attention is on what I can see through the binoculars.
Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us,
Hebrews 12:1 NIV
All tears have been wiped away. God already sees us (you and me) in Heaven, filled with His joy, and former things being remembered no more. Boy, that can really fill me with God’s Presence and joy – Here and now. It allows me to look at this life with a whole, different perspective. One that is so freeing and true.
Messianic Rabbi Jonathan Cahn’s entry for today reminded me of what the Lord told me some time ago regarding living on earth as though all my tears had already been wiped away in Heaven since that’s how God sees me right now – He can see the whole picture of our lives. While I don’t always remember God’s words to me, when I’m reminded of them, they can really give me a freedom and joy beyond the confines of this earthly life and realm. ☺
On Earth As It Is on Earth
By Messianic Rabbi Jonathan Cahn
The Lord told us to pray, “Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.” That’s not only a prayer, it’s the secret to living victoriously in God. The key is to live your life on earth as it is in heaven. Most believers live on earth as it is on earth. But then if you have troubles on earth, you’ll live troubled. If you have setbacks on earth, you’ll live discouraged. If you have people trespass against you on earth, you’ll live in anger, bitterness, or unforgiveness.
We let our peace, our well-being, and our joy go up and down – all because we’re living on earth as it is on earth. Don’t live in your situation as it is in your situation, or in your emotions as it is in your emotions. That’s all on earth as it is on earth. What matters is how it is in heaven. Stop living an “on earth as it on earth” life, and start living an “on earth as it is in heaven” life. In heaven, it’s blessed. And your life will be just as blessed when you start living on earth as it is in heaven.
Today’s Mission: Seek to live this day not from earth to earth, and not even from earth to heaven, but from heaven to earth.
For ever, O Lord, thy word is settled in heaven.
Psalm 119:89
On earth as it is in Heaven. Mmmm…
Focus on Heaven. What joy!
God bless,
Mark