Life at God's Level

What does God see when He looks at you? Obviously there are a lot of correct answers to this question and it varies from person to person. But if you’ve accepted Christ as your Savior then the overlying answer is of course that God sees you as holy and blameless. He may also see specific areas of your life that need work, and He will patiently bring those to your attention, but I think the best way to describe what God sees when He looks at you is a work in progress. Yes, salvation is instantaneous and everlasting, but the process of sanctification continues for as long as we are on this earth. The road to becoming more like Christ does not end until we stop sinning.

Philippians 1:6 tells us that “… He who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.” There are going to be times when you think your sin has taken over you completely, and you will despair of ever returning to the One who calls for you and waits for you, but He’s always there. Even in the moments that it feels like you will never succeed, that you will never reach a deeper intimacy with God because of the barrier you have created, He’s there, freely offering the promise of coming close to Him if you can humble yourself enough to follow Him wholly. He’s always there calling you back to the narrow path so that He can continue the work in you that He began before you even gave Him a second thought.

And while He is working presently and directly in your life, He is also preparing things for you that exceed your grandest dreams, both here on earth and in eternity to come. In Matthew 25:34 Jesus says, “Then the King will say to those on His right, 'Come, you who are blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.’” While God was planning out the unfolding of history, he carefully considered you and the role He would design specifically for you. That role is before you now; you can either reject it and attempt life without God, or you can embrace it wholeheartedly and enter the kingdom, the presence, the majesty, of God.

This inheritance begins the moment you accept it. There are rewards in heaven yet unknown, but the kingdom of God is here and now, and He will bless your life immensely if you follow Him. Take a step back and consider your life through God’s eyes. He sees something to complete in you, and He will lead you every step of the way. Try to fathom, if you can, what God could do in and through you if you surrender wholly to His will; what you dream up is just a small glimpse of what God can truly do. All it takes is obedience to His will, and a God-view of your own life. Start seeing what God sees when He looks at you, and start living a God-sized life.