Wednesday, August 22, 2012

"Don't Believe It!"

  Look around you as you read this. What do you see? Your house, work, outdoors....take a good look at it all. People may be living through difficulties at the present or experienced some type of disappointment. There may be a health issue that has cropped up. Everything seen is a facade! They are all temporary. When negative things happen, when things come along that disappoint us or something looks hopeless and we feel helpless, don't believe it!!! Don't put your trust in it any longer. "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." (II Cor. 4:18)
  Putting you faith in the Lord Jesus we trust His word. He tells us it is all temporal. Faith is the assurance of things hoped for the conviction of things unseen (Heb. 11:1). We are called to operate on the unseen, the powerful promises of God. No matter what we face in this life, it's all temporal. If anything, that should encourage our hearts in whatever situation you find yourself. It's simply temporal! As things come before our eyes, as difficulties rise up today remember, it's only temporal. People and situations are there to discourage. God is there to encourage. "For we walk by faith, not by sight - we are of good courage..." (II Cor. 5:8) Now, look around you again, take inventory and what do you think? Who are you really trusting?

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