The Texas Driver’s Handbook has a tip that can help you today. A diagram shows when you sit in a parked car, you have a 180-degree field of vision. Great perspective. But then you start moving.
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Once you get going, your perspective immediately changes:
- When your car accelerates to 20 M.P.H. that field of vision reduces to 66%.
- At 40 M.P.H. your visual field shrinks to 20%.
- At 60 M.P.H. your field of vision remains barely wider than the headlights.
Simply said, the faster you go the less perspective you have. The same holds true for your day today. If you never sit still, you never see the big picture—only the immediate right in front of you.
Here are 3 truths to give you the perspective you need for your journey.
3 Truths to Give You Perspective
As you hustle through life in the fast lane, it’s easy to forget the road actually takes you somewhere. Perspective gets lost in the blur. These 3 truths can help.
- Remember, you’re working to live, not living to work. For most of us breadwinners, we spend the majority of our days working. It’s true also for homemakers whose days often feel like a treadmill in the book of Ecclesiastes. But we need to slow down and remember God promises to provide and that life means more than making money and keeping the yard. Psalm 127:1-5 helps me a lot these days, as I have two daughters getting an advanced education.
- The journey is just as important as the destination. We know that we’re traveling to heaven, but God has left us here for a purpose. Our lives can honor Him every moment we live. We forgive offenses for His glory. We help others in order to honor Christ. We labor relentlessly to grow in our godliness. God’s glory and Christ’s Great Commission give us reasons to see this life as a critical time in eternity. Let’s don’t be in a hurry. We have work to do on the journey.
- Don’t confuse the journey for the destination. Although we have plenty to do in this life, our journey isn’t our destination. Our home is heaven. For those of us who trust in the risen Christ, who died on the cross to forgive our sins, our road leads straight to heaven. Resist the allure to let your journey replace the joy of your destination. It simply fails to compare to “what God has prepared for those who love Him” (1 Corinthians 2:9).
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How’s your field of vision? Take 60 seconds right now and put your heart in neutral—and ponder these 3 truths.
As you sit still, you will gain the benefit of a full perspective.
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