If You Could See What Jesus Sees

When I pause to consider the things I've seen I am overwhelmed. I've seen galaxies and stars across the vast reaches of space. I've seen my children born. I've seen tears shed over the beauty of a song and I've seen tears shed over the loss of a loved one. I've seen great forests ablaze and I've seen torrential rain and tornadoes. I've seen plants come forth from bare ground. I've seen love in the eyes of man and I've seen hate. I've seen the power of God to change a man's life and I've seen the power of Satan to destroy a man's marriage. All these things and more I've seen, you've seen, we've seen.

Yet all the things that we've seen combined are but as a thimble-full in the ocean when compared to what Christ our Lord has seen. The fact is that He has seen it all, literally all. He was there in the beginning, before time, before matter, before space, before creation. He witnessed the birth of all that is, was or will ever be. He's seen the ignition of stars, the forming of planets, the parting of the seas, the appearance of animal, vegetable and mineral. He's been at the birth of millions of people, witnessed their lives, shared their tears and their joys and been present when their spirits leave their bodies. He has seen God the Father. He has seen The Spirit and He has seen The Spirit change lives. He has seen Satan and He witnessed the fall of man.

But more than this, He has already seen the future. Having done this, He can rejoice at a level that we cannot even imagine! In Luke 10, the story is recounted of the 72 who went forth in the name of Christ. When they returned to Jesus, they were jubilant and remarked that "Lord, even the demons submit to us in your name." (V17) This, of course, was no surprise to Christ. And Jesus shared with them, in V18, the extent to which demons submit to the name of Christ.

Consider Luke 10:18
He replied, "I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven."

In reading this, I do not get the sense that Jesus is referring to the manner in which Satan came to exert his power in the earthly realms. The sense I get is one of both present and future tense. I believe that Jesus is either referring to the manner in which Satan's grip over man is broken by the power of Christ Immanuel's name in the present time or else the final victory that is Christ Jesus' in the age to come.

The difference betwixt these is of no matter to me. What is important to me is that Christ has seen the victory that was, is and ever shall be. Yet His joy is not in the destruction of Satan but rather in the redemption of those Satan would consume. The power of His name to destroy our vilest enemy is of no consequence to Him when He considers you or me or every other individual.

This week in 4th grade Sunday School, I taught on Romans 12:10 which reads;
"Be devoted to one another in brotherly love. Honor one another above yourselves."

Christ exemplifies this love and honors us, honors you above himself. To my mind, that is staggering.

My prayer today comes from a song that is enjoying popularity today by Brandon Heath. He sings and I pray "give me your eyes for just one second, give me your eyes that I can see, everything that I keep missing, give me your love for humanity." Amen.

Seeing Through His Eyes,
Carl