SCRIPTURE: 2Corinthians (NIV) 4:16 Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day.
17 For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all.
18 So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.
OBSERVATION: Paul was going through tough times. It was not easy, but he kept things in proper perspective. Some things have more value than others, and Paul had sorted them out. He “fixed” his eyes on what was unseen because that was eternal and more important. Being unseen, it was the eyes of his soul that were fixed. His thoughts were continuously taken up with the eternal things.
APPLICATION: There are so many voices calling and signals vying for our attention today. It is so easy to let our thoughts get wrapped around the temporal things facing us. How we need to be like Paul with our minds so impacted by God and His plan that we see everything in the light of eternal values. When we must think of temporal (seen) things, for we live in a temporal world and are trying to win people in that world, we consider temporal things in the light of eternity! How can we use them to have the greatest effect on eternity. Can I give a temporal gift or serve them in such a way that they will want to meet this Jesus I love and serve.
PRAYER: Lord, I see the value of keeping everything in the perspective of the eternal. I am too easily distracted. Please do not ever stop calling me back to your side to see things as you see them.
Holy Spirit, you have moved into my life and made me your home. You are always with me. You know my thoughts better than any other person, even better than I do. Renew and refresh my thoughts each day, even every hour if you see it is needed. Amen
Pastor Leon
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