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,
Help me look beyond any troubles that I see pressing in around me and help 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 remember that
the troubles of this life that I face today are temporary and will soon pass
away—just as everything that I now see with my eyes, will one day be gone.
Help me to set the eyes of
my heart on those things that I cannot see with my physical eyes—things which
are timeless and deathless, which bring me eternal life, and are infinitely more real than those things which
I do see with my eyes.
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 every hardship that I
face for my ultimate good, and that, in Your perfect timing, You will set all
things right, if I will surrender my will to Yours.
Keep me forward-thinking
to that which awaits me—not as an escape from the troubles that I face, but rather,
to keep them in perspective with the great plan that You have for my eternal
destiny with You—as You keep me at peace and sustain me, with Your strength, through
every hardship I face.
Help me look beyond any troubles that I see pressing in around me and help 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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