There are two ways to improve your life with clearer vision. The first is to view everything with an eternal perspective. When your body is racked with pain, you need the vision to remember “the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory that is to be revealed” Romans 8:18. When you can’t afford to eat, you need this vision: “In My Father’s House are many mansions … I go to prepare a place for you” John 14:2. When you feel abandoned, unloved, or lonely, remember you are a child of your Father in heaven, Matthew 5:45.
What if your “love language” is GIFTS, but no one remembers your special day? Remember Matthew 7:11 where Jesus says your Father in Heaven gives better gifts than anyone on earth. Or what if you are having trouble scraping together money for retirement? An eternal perspective reminds us what matters most: “do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal, but store up treasures in heaven…” Matthew 6:19-20.
It is easy to be obsessed with this life. It’s all we know! But we have faith—and scripture. It takes only a little vision to cultivate an eternal perspective. But there is a second way to improve your life with clearer vision—and it does not require an eternal perspective. Psalm 27 includes an encouraging word about THIS LIFE. That is, God will show you enough of Himself—here on earth—that it will change your perspective. This is not a promise of health and wealth, but of VISION.
“I know that I will see the GOODNESS OF THE LORD in the LAND OF THE LIVING” Psalm 27:13.
God may not cure your illness or “heal” your bank account. Maybe your earthly circumstances will get worse. But you will see the goodness of God BEFORE you get to heaven. And won’t that fill your heart with joy in spite of everything?
Even while we struggle let’s claim this promise: “I know that I will see the goodness of the Lord in the LAND OF THE LIVING.”
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