So we don’t look at the troubles we can see now; rather, we fix our gaze on things that cannot be seen. For the things we see now will soon be gone, but the things we cannot see will last forever.—2 Corinthians 4:18 (NLT)
Heavenly Father,
When everything that troubles me mounts up in front of me, remind me to fix my gaze on the things that I cannot see—those things that will last forever, but can only be known by faith.
Help me to realize that
the troubles that I face today are temporary and will soon pass away—just like
everything that I can now see in the natural, will one day be gone.
Help me to set the eyes of
my heart on those things that I cannot see in the natural—things which are
timeless and deathless and which bring me eternal life—and are more real than
what I do see.
Thank You that this life
is not all there is—with its sickness, pain, suffering, persecution and
injustice—but that even while I am here, You will use the hardships that I face
to bring me good, and will one day set all things right, if I will surrender my
will to Yours.
Keep me forward thinking to
that which awaits me—not in order to escape the troubles that I face, but to
keep them in perspective with the great plan that You have for my eternal
destiny with You, as I allow You to keep me at peace, as You carry me through
them all.
When everything that troubles me mounts up in front of me, remind me to fix my gaze on the things that I cannot see—those things that will last forever, but can only be known by faith.
In the name of Jesus,
Amen.
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