God's perspective

"Watch the video, The Bema, if you dare.  Don’t delay to put this important truth into practice!  Every tick of the clock takes us closer to that moment – the outcome of which lasts forever – when we stand before Christ."

Just as I finished working on the above paragraph from my book, God Rewards, a picture popped up on the T.V. screen in front of my desk.  It was one of the images that Google cycles randomly on their Chromecast device.  I saw it and said to myself, “No!  Is that…?”   Sure enough, written in small letters at the bottom of the screen was, “Kauai, Hawaii.”  The image, taken from a satellite, is of the final mile or so of a switch-backing road, which in the photo from space looks like a snake.  At the bottom of the image was a body of water.

Sandy and I had been on that very road just a few months ago.  It is the long, winding and uphill drive through Waimea Canyon.  It would be a difficult trek without a car!  It takes you past some of Earth’s most stunning views; but it is at the end of the road that your breath is taken away.  There, from a height of a mile, you look down to the vast and blue Pacific Ocean, a mere couple of miles away.  It is easily the most beautiful vista I have ever seen.  My photo doesn't do it justice.

I can hardly believe that God literally flashed that picture before my eyes at this particular moment!  It perfectly captures what my heart wants for followers of Jesus:  A heavenly perspective of what lies ahead, at the end of the difficult and winding road of life.  For now we can only have that perspective from afar, as from a satellite.  Someday, however, faithful followers of Jesus will experience being there on the heights, surveying with wonder and amazement His great and beautiful work in our lives.

Lord, "open my eyes to see the wonderful truths in your instructions."  Psalm 118:18 (NLT)


(Update:  Another amazing "coincidence" happened regarding this paragraph a few days later. See above post, "Time keeps on slippin', slippin', slippin'... )


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