“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
“The things we cannot see will last forever.” It’s so easy to fix our eyes on what we can see. What we see is never all of it or the full story. Many people need corrective lenses in order to see better or more clearly. God’s word is the corrective lens we need in order to see situations more clearly. You don’t get the job you want-God has a better one because His plan for you is good (Jeremiah 29:11). You encounter some type of loss or tragedy-He is near to the broken-hearted (Psalm 34:18). In many of these situations and others like them, we spend most of our time seeking direction and comfort from those around us. They don’t have all the information. All they know if what we see and relay to them. God sees what we don’t see. He is able to make all things new and set us on the path to encounter the unseen things that will last forever. The next time a challenging, disappointing, or unexpected thing arises, don’t survive it by looking with your eyes. Thrive through it by looking through God’s eyes.
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