There is a change coming to the whole body of Christ. We are about to enter a season of one of the greatest installments of heaven ever demonstrated in history. Before any great change there is a process of transition that God
brings us through. This process brings us to a place of being divinely "undone" with where we have come in life so that we can recognize that we need to get somewhere else even if we don't know how to get there yet. There is also a war
right now for the thoughts and hearts of mankind because of the great season of change we are coming into as a body of Christ world wide.

God is giving many of us who are forerunning a gift right now; He is allowing everything outside of Himself that we have put hope in to fail us, so that He alone remains. Everything that would tie our minds or hearts to an earthly position, or to a man of God, or in fulfillment that is not unto eternity, will not succeed. Many people are devastated over the failure in one of these areas.
The reality is that God will not let the church stay where it is presently and is exposing anything that would get in the way of His love.

Bob Jones prophesied that God would begin to take away the general grace that is on the world in 2005. What this meant in my understanding is that everything that sustained us outside of God, even seemingly good things, are being challenged if not totally removed. He also prophesied that those who would walk in intimacy with God would be given a greater grace then the one that was
removed. He saw an angel representing "Great Grace" coming to the people of God.

Heavenly Viewpoint

There is always only two ways of looking at our circumstances. We can see in an earthly way which is usually (if not always) discouraging, or we can look from a heavenly viewpoint. If we see with our earthly eyes but do not have the ability
to resolve the circumstance then we will be unsettled and live in anxiety.

The culture in this world lives off of anxiety and a number of sicknesses that have been loosed upon us that come from this place of stress. Our natural being is looking for ways to take on our problems and if we don't cast our cares upon
God they can get stored up in our physical being or in the realm of our soul.

Many people have difficulties ranging from stomach disorders to back pain just because of the way they carry stress in life. Others have bitterness or unforgiveness that becomes energized by the reality of their daily stress.
Ultimately, even if they tried to live life at peace, without coming to the Prince of Peace, they are overcome by the way they are carrying this place in their mind and heart.

This is also a reason that entertainment can be so destructive because it numbs our pain and allows us to forget the cares of this world if for only a few hours at a time. When the movie is over though, the stress is still laying somewhere
within us like a dead weight. People who use entertainment to escape know that it only lasts a short period, much the same way being intoxicated from alcohol will not resolve our pain only delay it.

There is a Higher Way

Because we were seated with Christ in heavenly places we have an option of how we want to look at life even now. We can look for something to give us a resolution here on earth or we can look to Him to bring a supernatural resolution. Paul knew of the pain and frustration of the church of his day. He addressed this in Colossians by calling them up higher:

Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things— Colossians: 3:1-2

There are two steps to this scripture. It deals with our mind AND our heart being focused on things above. In this transition that the body of Christ is in we have to do everything we can to learn the disciplines of setting our affections on things above. Soaking in the Bible, worshipping, seasons of prayer and meditation, spending time in His beauty, cultivating the arts within us, being occupied with righteous work, these are things that tie our affections to
heaven. These train our minds and hearts to dwell in the eternal reality of being with Jesus where He is.

Physical and Emotional Healings Can Happen in a Sovereign Moment

I believe many people are delivered of illness when they just focus from an eternal viewpoint because their physical body does not need to carry their cares anymore. In the same way, if we seek His Kingdom first, then our emotional
stings from earthly relationships begin to get resolved in one sovereign moment with God. When we worship, our heart releases its cares to rest in Him. When we memorize scripture our mind thinks with a Christ-like virtue and forgiveness has no place in us and our affections can no longer hold it. This is why its so important to behold Jesus and not the earthly realm.

The Provision For the Destiny is More Important Than the Destiny Because He is Our Provision

Paul Keith Davis always says "If there is a destiny on earth, then there is a provision in heaven." If this is true, then we can not set our affections and focus on the earthly destiny no matter how awesome it is. At some point the
failure of man or our own failure will cause us to look away even if only for a moment from our own promises of destiny on earth or our hopes for this life. We have to begin to set our affections on things above, so that even failure or betrayal can not take away the faith in our hearts over God Himself. He is nothing like man or the best that this earth has to offer.

We then need to focus on this provision of heaven that will enable us to cooperate with heaven while still here on earth. Ultimately as we set our minds and hearts on this provision, we will see Him, Jesus.