Principle: God wants us to grow in our understanding that Christ’s life and destiny is our life and destiny ((2 Cor. 4:16–18; Eph. 1:3, 17–119; 3:16–19; Phil. 1:21; 3:20, 21; 1 Pet. 1:3–9). Practice: Paul, Peter, and the other apostles learned the secret of developing an eternal perspective in the midst of earthly problems. They were able to live above their circumstances and rejoice even while being persecuted because of their firm grasp on who they were in Christ and where they were going. In