How Does Heaven See You?

I think one of the more interesting questions we could ask ourselves occasionally is "How does heaven see me?" Being able to find the heart and mind of God on this and many other subjects is not always easy, but there are some insights available that can assist along the way to finding this out.

Often as men we can unconsciously fall into the habit of judging ourselves merely by the results we may or may not be currently seeing in our life. Often for a man the results we look for can be in ministry or business, or in our personal life at home. Are we achieving what we hoped to achieve? Are we providing well for our families? Is my life with God on track? How am I really doing as a father? Do I really have a good marriage?

As important as all these areas are in our lives as a man, they are still external results, and if we merely stay on the merry-go-round of achieving results all our lives we may miss our divine destiny. I would suggest that there is an insight that is foundational in our belief system that can release much of the pressure that a 'results mentality' brings.

When the eyes of heaven look down upon us what do they see? Do they see a failure? Do they see a success? Do they see a man who is struggling to do his best in difficult circumstances? I believe the answer to all these questions is No!

Heaven does not see our lives as we see them. The eyes of heaven see beyond human achievements or failures, and judge according to eternal heavenly values and not as men judge. One of the most powerful insights I have received into how heaven really operates, I received from my grandmother.

She was not theologically trained, and probably couldn't recite all the books of the bible in order, and position them in a historical time-line in under fifteen seconds, but she possessed a quality that I long for in my own life, and have rarely glimpsed within the modern church.

The quality of spirit she possessed was that of grace and love. All my family felt it and responded to it, we all knew that no matter what went wrong in our lives or what mistakes we made, that grandma would always be there with a listening ear. I think that unconsciously we all knew that no matter what, grandma accepted us and loved us just how we were.

She didn't try to change us, or to make us conform to some family standard, she just loved us and left the rest up to God. You know, heaven is like that too, it doesn't require results from us for acceptance or place burdens upon us that we can't bear.

When the eyes of heaven look down upon us they are filled with love, a love that is so powerful that it can reach into a human heart and fill it with peace and hope.

When the eyes of heaven look down upon us they are filled with grace and understanding that we are merely made of dust and are destined for many struggles and failures in life, and yet we are accepted and cherished as heavens dear children.

When the eyes of heaven look down upon us they are filled with hope and joy, because they know that God's own power and ability is strong enough to bring us through any trial we must face on this earth and present us without fault in His presence.

Warm Regards
John Nolan
Dads Uni

Suggested Action:
Take some quiet time for yourself and consider that God really loves you and accepts you as His own dear son no matter what has happenned in your life, and give Him thanks.

(John 1 v 14)
¹⁴And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth.

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