Look Up

 

     How would our lives change if we viewed the world through spiritual eyes? How would we view our days if we have an eternal perspective and an ability to focus our gaze above us rather than around us?

     What if we truly could praise God even through our times of suffering and fear? Looking at Jesus with faith and love and listening for His voice in the midst of our days, allows Him to work. And as we look to Him, remember to watch for Him, too. He could come to bring us all home at any time. Death is not to be feared. We will live forever, so change your focus. Look up!

Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things.  Colossians 3:2

So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.  2 Corinthians 4:18

     Jesus does not want us to fear when we see the turmoil and terror around us. The Bible prophesied everything we see, all of it. He is not surprised at the weather, at the violence, at the lawlessness. He told us to watch for it. Jesus talks about it in Matthew 24 and in Luke 21. End-time prophecies are all over the Bible including the books of Daniel and Revelation. What does He tell us to do as believers?

When these things begin to take place, stand up and lift up your heads, because your redemption is drawing near.  Luke 21:28

Jesus,

Teach us to use our spiritual eyes, to set our minds on things above, to see the eternal rather than the temporal and to continually watch and wait expectantly for You. We trust You with it all.

Amen