Change Your Focus

2 Corinthians 4:16: “Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. ¹⁷ For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. ¹⁸ So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.”

For many people and I include myself in the mix, life can swirl around us at times.  It is like being on a merry-go-round.  Remember those?  The faster the merry-go-round spins the more out of focus things become.  Even when it stops, it feels like the world is still spinning.

But, if we were to take our eyes off of the things spinning around us and fix our gaze into the sky the spinning does not seem so intense.

That is how I interpret this scripture.  We must take our eyes off what is seen (our troubles, trials, disappointments and setbacks) and put them on what is not seen (God’s peace,  presence, and  power.) When we do that, our world will stop spinning.

Pastor Rick