Temporary Troubles

Bible Reading: 2 Corinthians 4
Focus verse: 2 Corinthians 4:17-18 "And this small and temporary trouble we suffer will bring us a tremendous and eternal glory, much greater than the trouble. For we fix our attention, not on things that are seen, but on things that are unseen. What can be seen lasts only for a time, but what cannot be seen lasts forever."

We live in a world where troubles just come as a part of life on earth.   We have experiences in our lives and some are wonderful, but others are sorrowful, painful and things we really struggle through.  Yet, somehow we hold on to hope.  There is a sense of something that is better to come. The good news is that these troubles don't last long. 

We are created for eternity and feel that longing for heaven to be with God.  In Ecclesiastes 3:11, the Bible says that God has placed eternity in our hearts.  This gives us that sense that there is more to life that what we are just seeing now.  God gives us this longing for a future with Him in eternity.

Are you feeling trapped and afraid?  Wondering about your next meal or your poor health?  Take heart.  You can bear up these troubles with the strength and courage of the Lord because they are temporary.  The God who made you has a future for you.  If you are a born again Christian, there is a better world ahead in a place called Heaven.  A place that outweighs all of the troubles of the earth. 

Page Johnson
Interlocking Ministries

Hymn:When We All Get to Heaven

Sing the wondrous love of Jesus
Sing his mercy and his grace
In the mansions bright and blessed
He'll prepare for us a place

[Chorus:]
When we all get to heaven
What a day of rejoicing that will be
When we all see Jesus
We'll sing and shout the victory

While we walk the pilgrim pathway
Clouds will overspread the sky
But when traveling days are over
Not a shadow, not a sigh

[Chorus]

Onward to the prize before us
Soon his beauty we'll behold
Soon the pearly gates will open
We shall tread the streets of gold

[Chorus]