Focusing on Christ puts everything else into perspective.
只要定睛耶稣，就能正确看待事物。
He looked down from His holy height. Psalm 102:19 nasb
祂从至高的圣所垂看。-诗篇102篇19节
While in London, a friend arranged for my wife Marlene and me to visit the Sky Garden. On the top floor of a thirty-five-story building in London’s business district, the Sky Garden is a glass-encased platform filled with plants, trees, and flowers. But the sky part captured our attention. We gazed down from a height of over 500 feet, admiring St. Paul’s Cathedral, the Tower of London, and more. Our views of the capital city were breathtaking—providing a helpful lesson on perspective.
在伦敦时，一位朋友安排我和妻子玛琳去参观一个空中花园。这个空中花园座落在伦敦商业区一栋高达35层楼的顶楼上，整个花园是一个大型的玻璃屋，里面种满了各样的花草树木。然而最吸引我们的，乃是在顶楼一望无际的视野。我们从超过150公尺的高处往下俯瞰，圣保罗大教堂和伦敦塔等著名景点，都尽收眼底。在高楼鸟瞰的景色令人惊叹，也让我联想到观看事物的角度。
Our God has a perfect perspective of everything we experience. The psalmist wrote, “For He looked down from His holy height; from heaven the Lord gazed upon the earth, to hear the groaning of the prisoner, to set free those who were doomed to death” (Psalm 102:19–20 nasb).
我们的上帝从绝佳的视野俯视我们经历的一切。诗人描述道：“因为耶和华从祂至高的圣所里垂看，从天上观看大地，为要垂听被囚的人的叹息，解救定了死罪的人。”（诗篇102篇19-20节，新译本）
Like the hurting people pictured in Psalm 102, we are often locked into the present with its struggles, “groaning” with despair. But God sees our lives from beginning to end. Our Lord is never caught off guard by the things that can blindside us. As the psalmist anticipated, His perfect perspective will lead to an ultimate rescue that sets free even those “doomed to death” (vv. 20, 27–28).
我们如同诗篇102篇所描述被囚的人一样，我们也经常被困在现今的各种艰难中，因绝望而“叹息”。你我的一生都离不开上帝的眼目，那些让我们猝不及防的事，上帝早已知道了。正如诗人所说，祂从天上垂看为要施行拯救，要释放“定了死罪的人”（20、27-28节）。
In difficult moments, remember: We may not know what is coming next, but our Lord does. We can trust Him with every moment that stretches before us.
当路途崎岖难走时，请记住：我们或许不知明日将如何，但主知道。因此，我们能将未来的每时刻都交托在祂手中。
Father, somtimes our perspective is so flawed and limited that it can derail us, it can drive us to look only at the moment in its challenges rather than looking to You. Help us to have the long of You, trusting You for the things we can't see in Your heart for the provision we need to face whatever comes.
天父，有时我们目光短浅而偏离正路，有时只看到眼前困难而看不见祢。帮助我们渴慕祢，相信将来无论遇到什么事，虽然我们眼睛未曾看到，但是祢必定会有预备。

Psalm 102:1-2NIV

102 Hear my prayer, Lord; let my cry for help come to you. 2 Do not hide your face from me when I am in distress.Turn your ear to me; when I call, answer me quickly.

Psalm 102:18-28NIV

18 Let this be written for a future generation, that a people not yet created may praise the Lord:  19 “The Lord looked down from his sanctuary on high, from heaven he viewed the earth, 20 to hear the groans of the prisoners and release those condemned to death.”21 So the name of the Lord will be declared in Zion and his praise in Jerusalem.  22 when the peoples and the kingdoms assemble to worship the Lord.  23 In the course of my life he broke my strength; he cut short my days. 24 So I said:“Do not take me away, my God, in the midst of my days; your years go on through all generations. 25 In the beginning you laid the foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the work of your hands.  26 They will perish, but you remain; they will all wear out like a garment. Like clothing you will change them and they will be discarded. 27 But you remain the same, and your years will never end. 28The children of your servants will live in your presence;their descendants will be established before you.”

诗篇 102:1-2

102 耶和华啊，求你听我的祷告，容我的呼求达到你面前！  2  我在急难的日子，求你向我侧耳，不要向我掩面；我呼求的日子，求你快快应允我。

诗篇 102:18-28 

18  这必为后代的人记下，将来受造的民要赞美耶和华。19  因为他从至高的圣所垂看，耶和华从天向地观察，20  要垂听被囚之人的叹息，要释放将要死的人，21  使人在锡安传扬耶和华的名，在耶路撒冷传扬赞美他的话，22 就是在万民和列国聚会侍奉耶和华的时候。23  他使我的力量中道衰弱，使我的年日短少。24  我说：“我的神啊，不要使我中年去世；你的年数世世无穷。25  你起初立了地的根基，天也是你手所造的。26  天地都要灭没，你却要长存；天地都要如外衣渐渐旧了。你要将天地如里衣更换，天地就改变了。27  唯有你永不改变，你的年数没有穷尽。28  你仆人的子孙要长存，他们的后裔要坚立在你面前。”

INSIGHT

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Altitude expands our field of view, not just our perspective. From the heights we can see things that are hidden from us when we are on the ground. This can be an analogy for God’s view of our life. God looks down from the heavens and sees us (Psalm 102:19). His view takes in both time and space; He sees the ends of the earth and the beginning and end of our lives.
站在高处能开阔我们的视野，而不仅仅是开阔我们的视角。从高处可以看到我们在地面上看不到的事物。这可以做为类比，来描述上帝对我们人生的观察。上帝从天上垂看，观察我们（诗篇102篇19节）。祂的视角跨越时间，也涵盖空间；祂能看到地的极处，也能看到我们人生的起始和终点。
How does knowing that God sees everything from beginning to end offer comfort?
知道上帝能从始至终看尽一切，如何带给我们安慰呢？
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