Quotes about Perspective

truth like this is revelation that completely changes the posture of my life.

Faith is something that you do with your life. True biblical faith doesn't stop with thought; it radically rearranges the way that you approach everything in your life.

Physical suffering exposes the delusion of personal autonomy and self-sufficiency

You have only two choices: an "on earth" way of thinking that is all about this right here, right now physical moment, or an "above" way of thinking that looks at life from the vantage point of the grand redemptive story and, more specifically, from the perspective of the person and work of the Lord Jesus Christ.

Self-righteousness means you don't see yourself or the other person with accuracy. It means you see his or her speck as a log and your log as a speck. So you are condemning of him or her and excusing of yourself. You treat the other person with judgment while you respond to yourself with patience.

When I opt for a me-centered "more," what I actually get is always much, much less.

When you remember mercy, complaining gives way to gratitude and self-focused desire gives way to worship.

when you blame other people for your circumstances or for the wrongs that you do, you are, in fact, blaming God. You are saying that God didn't give you what you needed to be what he has called you to be and to do what he has called you to do.

It's so easy to load life onto your shoulders and be more motivated by low-grade anxiety than by divine awe.

there's no such things as a purely horizontal complaint. If I am complaining about the insensitivity of my physician, the lack of attention I am getting from my pastor, and the fact that my friends lack sympathy and understanding, I'm not just complaining about those people but also about the God who ordained all of them to be in my life.

He reminds us not to live for the treasures of the moment:

If eternity is the plan, then it makes no sense to shrink your living down to the needs and wants of this little moment.