a God's eye view

Col. 3:1-2 (NLT)
Since you have been raised to new life with Christ, set your sights on the realities of heaven, where Christ sits at God's right hand in the place of honor and power. [2] Let heaven fill your thoughts. Do not think only about things down here on earth.

What are you thinking? Apparently, this is an important question. How so?

Well, what is going on in our mind affects everything else afterward doesn’t it? The actual reality of our circumstances becomes tremendously influenced by how they are filtered through our mind. This is why these words from the Bible make so much sense.

“Set your sights on the realities of heaven.” “Heaven,” or the “things above,” is the Bible’s way of saying, “Take a God’s eye view.” Does that ever change everything.

God sees past, present, and future; everything at once. God sees us conquer anything that would keep us from seeing him. God sees that for those who have new life with Jesus, the final word in any situation is, “Jesus was with you before, he is with you now, and he will be with you after.”

When heaven fills your thoughts it doesn’t mean you are ignoring reality. You have a superior view of reality because you are viewing the world through the truth. Taking a God’s eye view instills a tremendous amount of confidence in living moment to moment, day to day. You are able to see things in the big picture and the healthier your view the healthier you are.