Tony (our youth minister) and I
were watching a 2 minute video online of a professional mountain biker who had
a GoPro Hero Cam mounted on his
helmet. With this helmet cam we are able to see the same things from the
same way that the rider could see. So the rider is riding really fast
down the hills doing flips and tricks along tall cliffs and dangerous rocks,
and we can see everything from the rider’s perspective. On the video we
can hear the rider being excited and happy, and yet Tony and I were watching
the same thing and we were saying things like “this guy is nuts, he is crazy,
and that is so scary.” The helmet cam gave me and Tony the same view as
the rider but we went away with a completely different perspective of what just
happened. The rider was happy and excited and we were concerned and
horrified. I wonder if that is how God sees things in our lives. He
is able to see the things we look at, participate in, and strive for. He
sees what we see, but does He see those things in the same way? I think
too often we do things and we see those things as harmless, and yet God sees
the same thing and is horrified and concerned that His children walk such a
dangerous and sinful path. We are blessed in that we can enter the
thoughts of God by reading His Word, by which we begin to see things the way
God sees them. The more we enter His Word we begin to see things
differently and in doing so we begin to see everything according to His
perspective rather than our own perspective.
Vic
