Perspective...Up!

This life is riddled with strings and confusion and full of fear and doubt. Each step that we take has the possiblity for Satan to be able to knock our legs out from under us. It does not matter how deep we are in God or how prayed up we are, it can all be side-swipped in one instant. The hit that we take can put us in a tale spin that sends us diving to places we never thought we would go. It gets our perspective all out of wack...makes us think that up is down and down is up. I think that is the devil's main job...get you staggering on the ropes so he can throw that last punch to knock you out. But there is one thing of ours that Satan can not touch. He hopes that he can make us loose sight of it, hence the perspective that I talked about earlier. He hopes that he can cover it up with a whole bunch of stuff that in the end doesn't matter. He tears at your family, your marriage, your health, your finances, and your mind. He is very comfortable in this business, and when he keeps that pile of wreckage in your view he has done his job.

As much as Satan tries to discourage and just down right tries to kill us, he knows that the one thing that he can't destroy is HEAVEN! The bible says that John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem prepared for a bride...that's us! It further says that God will wipe away all tears from our eyes, and there shall be no more death, or sorrow, or crying, or pain, and that the former things are passed away. That is proof that all of this stuff....stuff....STUFF can't hold a candle to what we are looking forward to. If we can keep heaven in our sight, no matter what is thrown against us...even if we loose it all on this earth we still have the promise of heaven! That reward is enough to make you shout! Perspective is the key...don't look down; look up!