Elder Aimilianos of Simonopetra: Clear perspective

The only clear perspective we can have on things is determined by our relation to the Lord. The only way to know where a person is in his life - if he is coming, or going, or getting lost - is by reference to the Lord and His judgments. It is only the "mind of the Lord" (Is 40:13), the vantage point from which He sees things, that enables us to see and understand what somebody else is doing. No human criterion, no earthly calculation, no system or theory, no opinion, power, or desire can vindicate a person: for that you need the perspective provided  by God. It is from there that we can see how it is with others. And how is it for me, when looked at from where the Lord is sitting? Am I heading in the right direction, or moving away from it?
+Elder Aimilianos of Simonopetra, from The Way of the Spirit, Reflections on Life in God, 5. Have we Received the Holy Spirit