Sometimes all it takes is to stop.
Breathe.
And look at the horizon.
So how far can you see?
To take a ‘helicopter view’ is as the name suggests, to rise above the detail of a situation and look at the big picture. It is literally an overview.
However an overview is quite different to a long view.
How far is the horizon?
For an observer standing on the ground, the horizon is at a distance of 5 kilometres. For an observer standing on a hill 30 metres above sea level, the horizon is at a distance of 19.6 kilometres [Horizon-Wikipedia].
The restoration of all things
Therefore the higher the elevation the more distant the horizon becomes. Increased height increases long range vision.
Consider Jesus
He went to the highest heights in order to make the most distant horizon point of impossibility possible.
The same one who descended is also the one who ascended above the heights of heaven, in order to begin the restoration and fulfillment of all things.
Ephesians 4:10 The Passion Translation
What’s the point
Jesus is qualified to go further in His restoring power than you can imagine because He has first gone higher in His resurrection power than you can conceive.
Is there a vanishing point on the horizon of your faith today?
Sometimes all it takes is to stop.
Breathe.
But before you look at the horizon: look UP.
Then: look at the horizon.
SpaceX has got nothing on this!
The horizon of your hope is determined by first stopping to consider just how high the name of Jesus Christ really is.
If you’ve run out of hope, perhaps that’s because you’re in elevation deficit.
Beyond beyond
So if you take your seat with Jesus (Ephesians 2:6,7) then you will be high enough to see what Jesus sees.
The scope of this vision is astounding.
Jesus has ascended that He might fill all things.
And restore all things.
And … He is accomplishing this through His Body: The Church!
Now that’s a Horizon!
