Looking At What We Can’t See

“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.”

2 Corinthians 4:18

I had the great pleasure of working with Brother Lester Roloff a man of God that showed me more about living by faith than any other person.   When he preached he would make statements from time to time that were comical and yet carried a lot of truth with them.  One such statement was, “You don’t take a You Haul It to heaven!”   I remember laughing to myself when he made this comment and many others that made him so unique. The fact is you don’t take a You Haul It to Heaven!  

I’m convinced we have much grief in our lives because we place too much hope and care on the things that surround around us now rather than the things the believer has prepared for them in Glory.  We worry over things that disappear, things that were once so important and now are gone hardly a thought in our minds, houses, cars, money just things in general.  Things that were once shinny and beautiful, now faded and not so pretty, we’ve worried over them all.  Solomon had it right when he said, “Vanity of vanity, all is vanity.” 

Better it is to look ahead and see what is prepared for our future than to dwell on the things of this world that will deteriorate and end!   Let me ask, what does this world have to offer other then sorrow?  Any “real” joy the believer receives is not because of things that they have that are temporary but the things that are future or the preparation for it. 

The Apostle Paul uses this statement to encourage those that have trials.  Our hope lies in Christ and His promises not in the things that surround us in this world.  If we look ahead to all the glory that awaits us, the things that are hurting us now and causing us such anguish will dissipate into the air and our fear will leave with it.  Look up and look ahead!!!