On this Memorial Day, we pause to reflect on the sacrifices of those who loved and served this country by paying the ultimate price for our freedom. This day is often a time where we find ourselves evaluating our perspective on life.
This leads to a natural question- what is the proper perspective? Is there even something as a proper perspective? 2,000 years ago, a man named Paul provided an answer to the question "What is the proper perspective?":
"Therefore if you have been raised up with Christ, keep seeking the things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your mind on the things above, not on the things that are on earth. For you have died and your life is hidden with Christ in God. When Christ, who is our life, is revealed, then you also will be revealed with Him in glory." Colossians 3:1-4
Paul provides us two timeless truths when it comes to having the proper perspective. First, Paul tells us that we should have a serious desire to possess an eternal perspective. Paul explains that this desire for an eternal perspective flows out of the relationship that we have with Jesus Christ. Paul also tells us that this desire for an eternal perspective flows out of a desire to reflect Christ in our day to day lives.
Second, Paul tells us that an eternal perspective requires giving careful consideration to the eternal. A person who has a relationship with Jesus Christ is not to consider the temporary things of this world for two reasons. First, Paul explains that an eternal perspective recognizes that we have died with Christ to the things of this world. In other words, the things of this world are not to be preeminent and prominent in our thinking and focus.
In addition, an eternal perspective recognizes that we have security in our relationship with Christ. All that we need to have a proper perspective is found in our relationship with Christ; answers about meaning, purpose, and significance are found in who Christ is and whet He has done for us. And these realities should focus our perspective on the eternal and not the temporal.
So what is your perspective based on? Where do you find your identity, meaning, significance, and purpose?
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