Eye On

Perspective is very important. The angle from which you look at something can make all the difference in what you actually see. Ever had someone look at something some distance away and they want you to see it. They may say, "stand here." Or, point and say "look where my finger is pointing." They believe if you can orient yourself to the object by standing where they are standing and looking where they are looking you will see it. Casuals seems to have a more difficult time locating the "object" to be seen-the spiritual object or objective.

When Jesus states his objective and urges us to accept it as our objective it is first important for us to actually to see his objective the way he seens it. If we do not stand in the right place we might miss it by a mile, or at least by yards. When we see a person, do we see them as Christ does? When we see a statement made by Jesus in Scripture do we see it as he intended it? When we see and idea or concept do we view it as Jesus does or do we just see it the way we see it. We are so accustommed to thinking that "my perspective" is just as good as "your perspective" we risk miss seeing things from the "right perspective." Of course, that would be Jesus' perspective.

Captive Christians are always trying to stand so close to Jesus that we can better see what he sees. Ever hear someone say, "I know this is probably not the right way to look at this, but..." You know what is coming. The person is going to look at it the way they want to look at it regardless of whether it is the right way. Are they being arrogant, thinking they are "allowed to have their own perspective even if it is wrong?" Or are they too lazy to move from where they are standing to take another look from where Jesus is standing? Or perhaps they are saying that even though they know their view is probably not right they do not know how to get to a place where they can embrace another view. I do know that this is a very fundamental problem in making the journey from being a casual Christian to being a captive Christian.