YOU WILL GET THROUGH THIS

Sometimes, when you go through those difficult seasons in life that we all face from time to time, it seems like your trials will never end. You may have been walking through a barren valley for many years, and you begin to wonder whether you will ever reach the lush mountain top.

2 Corinthians 4:17 (KJV) says “For our light affliction, which is but for a moment worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory.”  It goes on to say in 2 Corinthians 4:18 “While we look not at the things which are seen but at the things which are not seen, for the things which are seen are temporal ( or temporary), but the things which are not seen are eternal.” Translation in a nutshell… when you are going through your difficult times in life, when you are going through your valley experiences, keep your spiritual eyes completely focused on Jesus. The Bible tells us to walk by faith and not by sight.

For our light affliction is only for a moment. However, what awaits us, one wonderful day, is eternal joy, eternal peace, and eternal glory shared with our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. When one focuses on the Lord’s eternal promises, instead of on our own momentary afflictions, it can lift and comfort even the heaviest of hearts. The Apostle Paul said it best in Romans 8:18. “For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.”

Corrie Ten Boom said “If you want to be depressed, look within. If you want to be defeated, look back. If you want to be distracted, look around. But if you want to be delivered, look up.”

Let us all look up towards Jesus, the author, and the finisher of our faith.

God bless you.

Pastor Stephen Randall