📖 “We are hedged in (pressed) on every side [troubled and oppressed in every way], but not cramped or crushed; we suffer embarrassments and are perplexed and unable to find a way out, but not driven to despair;
We are pursued (persecuted and hard driven), but not deserted [to stand alone]; we are struck down to the ground, but never struck out and destroyed; Always carrying about in the body the liability and exposure to the same putting to death that the Lord Jesus suffered, so that the resurrection] life of Jesus also may be shown forth by and in our bodies.
For our light, momentary affliction (this slight distress of the passing hour) is ever more and more abundantly preparing and producing and achieving for us an everlasting weight of glory [beyond all measure, excessively surpassing all comparisons and all calculations, a vast and transcendent glory and blessedness never to cease!], Since we consider and look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen; for the things that are visible are temporal (brief and fleeting), but the things that are invisible are deathless and everlasting." -II Corinthians 4:8-10; 17-18 Amplifed Bible Classic Edition
In these verses, Paul mentions his hardships and the troubles he faced while he was on his missionary journey. Despite all the difficulties he faced, he referred to them as “light afflictions”. He called them momentary. Paul had the right perspective on the challenges he faced. He knew that it was temporary. He knew that the invisible things were deathless and everlasting. He was aware of the rewards that were awaiting him in heaven. He didn’t make the mistake that many Christians are making. We can become so fixated with our problems that we forget that the problems are temporary. We forget about what is waiting for us when this life is over. We forget about heaven. Let’s keep our eyes on what's important. Everything else is subject to change, for we walk by faith and not by sight.
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