IT MATTERS FROM WHERE YOU LOOK AT LIFE

God's Word encourages us to live holy lives which generally means to eliminate traits, attitudes and activities that are not in accord with purity and innocence. How are we supposed to work up the will to discard from our lives those features of our human behaviour that are undesirable?

Every major city s a high altitude lookout. I have been to the top of the CN tower in Toronto, and to the top of Auckland’s Sky Tower in New Zealand. Both cities display better from those locations than when you are locked into a traffic jam below. Vancouver doesn’t have a tower that rivals those, but we have mountain peaks from which we can look down over a city and over valleys and ocean. One’s appreciation of an environment and geographical location changes when viewing it from above.

If I could choose to be a high altitude bird I would choose to be an eagle, because of its grace and elegant appearance. But if I truly wanted to fly high, I would be a ring-necked goose that flies over the Himalayas at an altitude of 21,000 feet. Think of what those birds are able to see.

In this material world of authentic life, there is a vantage point that facilitates our vision. Such a viewpoint enhances our desire to make necessary personal changes and improves the probability that we will make the changes. The apostle Paul instructed Christians to consider that since Christ has identified so closely with humanity, we have actually died with him and have risen with him. Since he is now positioned in heaven, we can look at life through his eyes.  That makes a difference to our choices and decisions. Paul's own statement is made in Colossians 3:1-4.