Seeing Through Your Heart
Several months ago I was reading the book of Ezekiel and it led to a vision. Now more recently it led to a connection with a book I am reading by James Jordan titled, The Ancient Road Rediscovered.
When I read this in Ezekiel 23:35, in the middle of the verse, "and thrust me (God) behind your back" (Tree of Life Version), it led me into a vision.
I saw myself and a great crowd of others walking behind Jesus with our faces focused on His back, looking through His heart and His eyes. It made me think that we are in a different army, not one that walks in front of a commander who stays behind and directs, and not an army that walks beside him in a large line, but one that walks behind the commander and sees the world in love and kindness, sees people with gentleness and living for God's glory. Our Commander sees even our enemies with love, kindness, and gentleness, and with eyes that melt all opposition–eyes that melt with love not hatred.
It made me think of Moses in Ex 33:22-23. "I will hide you in the cleft of the rock.....and you will see my back, but not my face."
God was letting Moses see the world–see the Israelites–through His heart and His eyes. The eyes of love and kindness. God always sees us in love and kindness. We need to stand behind Him and see the world and people through His heart and His eyes.
Next I saw the temptation of Jesus when the devil takes Him to a high mountain and shows Him all the nations of the world. I got a picture of Satan showing Jesus these kingdoms through Satan's eyes not God's, what man sees and not what God sees; seeing the glory of man and the wealth of this world. Jesus' reply was to worship God.
Get behind God and see what he sees in each person. Love them and be kind to them as God loves them and is kind to them.
James Jordan writes in The Ancient Road Rediscovered: we must learn to look through the eyes of our heart, not merely through our minds. It made me think of what I have often said to myself and others, "Put your mind behind your heart and see life through your heart." You certainly have a different perspective of life when you look through your heart.