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; but the things which are not seen are eternal.
The problems of life that seem so heavy right now---the troubles that seem as if they will never end---the burdens we think will break us under their weight; these are really just weighty for the moment. Compared with the eternal weight of glory that we will experience when we arrive in Heaven, everything we face here is light and easy.
Everything in this world is temporal. It’s merely here for a short time, and it will pass away. But, what we can’t see, those things that are ours in Heaven, are eternal in nature. We will groan for a few days here, but we will rejoice for endless ages there. We will feel pain here for a short time, but we will experience His glory there forever.
The Psalmist said it this way: “…weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.” (Psalms 30:5b KJV)
Don’t lose heart. Ask the Lord to help you get your eyes off what you can see and to look beyond this world to the glory that awaits in His presence.
