In the air, pilots survey vast panoramas, confident of encompassing perspective. But they miss the approaching storm, invisible behind the overcast. Mothers, outfoxed by precocious toddlers, believe life consists of jelly-smeared CDs and melted crayons smashed into wads of unmatched socks. They forget the world of humans taller than three feet, who speak in whole sentences. From the valley on the west, the snow-covered volcano Cotopaxi stands almost pastoral. Cultivated fields surround its base and climb its sides. From the high mesa on the east, however, it resembles a Mars probe photo—same mountain, different points of view.

God does not have a point of view, nor even multiple points of view. He made ‘points of view’ and set them within creation. Created reality, in turn, limits us to only one place at a time and only one time called “now.” We behold all of life from one, single vantage point. Because we live under creation’s constraint, we invite difficulty when we declare our point of view the sole correct among many. Worse, we cultivate disaster when we assume others see life from the same point we occupy.

Fortunately, He gave us a way to navigate through. Pilots radio what they see across the jungle, and everyone gets the big weather picture. Moms escape—thanks to smart dads—and assure each other that the rational, adult experience still exists. Believers share submitted lives, the Holy Spirit assembles the aggregate expression, and God’s plan moves forward.

So, how’s He moving through your team?

2 Kings 6:8-22; Romans 4:16-17; Isaiah 55:8-9; 2 Corinthians 4:18; Jeremiah 33:2-3; Revelation 22:12