Death Another Perspective

Good Morning!! From our perspective, death is one of the greatest griefs we can imagine,...from God's perspective, it is the delight of His heart. From our perspective, death brings a sorrow that only heaven can erase,...from God's perspective, it brings a joy that only heaven can know. How can the death of His people be so precious in the sight of the Lord? Doesn't He care about the gaping wound that loved ones leave behind, on earth? Is HE not sensitive to the pains and anguish that usually precede our own death? Why would anything so grievous to us, be so precious to God?

Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his faithful servants—Psalm 116:15 (NIV)

The answer, simply, is that God loves more,...sees more,...and wants more for us than we love,...see,...or want for ourselves, or loved ones. God sees the majesty, sweetness, purity, and perfection of each glorified saint as they cross over from this cursed earth and put on the robes of Christ's righteousness.

If we could see just how delightful heaven is,...just how joyful we will be there,...and just how overwhelmingly sweet it will be to live in the presence of Jesus Christ forever,...we would undoubtedly find death just as precious too.

Holy Spirit, help us to know; that each death, that we see as a loss,...is really a gain for God. Amen.

"We will always have place at our Father's table,...and in His heart."