Scripture Reading: 2 Corinthians 4:7-18
Focus Verse: 2 Corinthians 4:18 "So we don’t spend all
our time looking at what we can see. Instead, we look at what we can’t
see. What can be seen lasts only a short time. But what can’t be seen
will last forever."
We have all come to points in our lives where we feel like giving up and quitting. I think it is during those times that we get too focused on the things that are seen. Maybe our job is not going well, or you are having trouble with your grades in school. Maybe there are issues in your marriage. In 2 Corinthians, Paul talks a lot about an inner strength that we can call on from the Holy Spirit. Remember it is only through our weakness that God can be made strong in our lives.
Our ultimate hope during times of trouble or discouragement is the realization that this life is not all that there is. We have life after death. Knowing that we will live in a place with God forever where there is no more sin, no more trouble, no more problems should give us great encouragement. So let us not forget all that is waiting for us that we cannot see right now. It is "earning for us a glory that will last forever."
Bobby Johnson
Interlocking Ministries
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