Read 2 Corinthians 4:16 - 18 (a short one...it's Friday!)
Context: The Corinthian Christian churches were being infiltrated by false teachers, and many were turning away from the truth to follow paths that seemed easier or more logical.
Text:
16Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. 17For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. 18So 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. NIV)
Taken from www.biblegateway.com
It is hard to read this verse without thinking of one of FCCF's former youth ministers, Chris Stewart. He preached a sermon on this text one Wednesday night and I can still hear his voice. He reminded us that if all of human history was plotted on one of the beams in the ceiling of Stage One, it would represent one teeny tiny dot. Eternity, on the other hand, was the rest of the beam...and every other beam in the world!
I know that some days seem to take forever...a car trip with children, Christmas Eve, a family reunion (oops, did I really type that????), and the day when you wait for medical test results. But if you look back at your life, those times are actually a very small portion of our time on earth. Our whole life is like that when we compare it to the eternity that God has planned for us.
So hang in there...Friday may be long but the weekend's coming. The same goes for our life...let's enjoy the journey but remember that the destination is more fabulous than we can even imagine.
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