On a normal day, I have an amazing view out my backyard of hills, trees, and woods. Usually, I can see several miles out to the horizon, and I manage to watch the sunset more days than not. A week ago, the winter storm rolled in, bringing a change of scenery. As I looked out, there was nothing to see but clouds and fog. Visibility was barely fifty feet, it was like there was nothing beyond my little backyard.

As I sat there, I had the thought that this is a bit of what heaven and earth must be like with a kingdom view. All I could see was “my” yard. Beyond what is “mine”, there was nothing. It’s frighteningly easy for life to be like that. All we see is our little world, all we care about, and all we work for and on, is “our” world. Yet I know, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that there is a huge, vast wilderness behind my yard, it’s simply hidden by the fog. As Christ followers, the temptation is strong to keep working on our yard, to ignore the reality of how much more there is beyond what we can see right in front of us.

1 Corinthians says that for now we see through a glass darkly, but then face to face. What we see is so small, the tip of the iceberg. A kingdom perspective reminds us of the vast unseen – the power of prayer, the reality of angels and demons, the calling each Christ follower has, the inevitability of death, and the reality of heaven.

May we all see beyond the earthly fog and dwell in the unseen vastness of Christ.

Grace and peace