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Before and After, Part 3: Seeing Life from God’s Higher Perspective

 

"Aerial view from airplane window symbolizing God's higher perspective"


Before and After, Part 3: Seeing Life from God’s Higher Perspective (Ephesians 4:17)

"This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, do not live like the Gentiles who live in the vanity of their own minds."  Ephesians 4:17 (KSB)

   It’s all a matter of perspective. Sometimes we strain to see God in a situation or to find the good in it because we’re looking from an eye-level view. But when we rise in our consciousness to the Christ Mind, the higher perspective we begin to see differently. As your consciousness rises, your perspective changes. Paul reminds us in Ephesians 2:6 that when Christ rose from the dead, we rose with Him; and when He ascended into the heavenly realms, we ascended with Him. Jesus did not die alone we died with Him to our old ways of thinking, speaking, and living. When He rose, we rose. When He ascended, we ascended. Wherever Jesus is, we are welcome to be. We are not limited to the earth or to physical situations. We can transcend them because we have access to the heavenly realm and can return with a renewed earthly perspective.

   You have complete access to all God is and all God has because you are His beloved child. Following Jesus as your Way-Shower, Savior, and Lord means you can rise above any challenge. It’s like being on a plane—at 30,000 feet, you see the same things differently. The situation hasn’t changed, but your view has. That’s the aerial view—God’s view—where differences in age, race, gender, education, or background seem small. From this place, even people’s mistakes, hardships, or challenges lose their weight because you see through Christ’s eyes. From the aerial view, the things that used to frustrate or upset you no longer do. You see possibilities. You see God’s goodness in every person, place, and thing. 

Even when others mean harm, you know God is working it for your good. Greater is He who is in you than anything outside of you. Disappointments and pain may come, but they no longer steal your joy or your love. You recognize that God’s purpose is bigger, His plan higher, and His good greater than what you can now understand.

   Before and After – Part 3 (Ephesians 4:17)

   1. From vanity to humility

   2. From unrighteousness to righteousness

   3. From unholiness to holiness

📖 Reflection: Where in your life do you need to shift from an earthly perspective to God’s aerial view?

💡 Action Step: This week, when facing a challenge, pause and ask God to help you see it through Christ’s eyes.

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