For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. — 2 Corinthians 4:17
Though I don’t travel by plane very often, I love to fly. In fact, I really am a little kid when it comes to flying — I can’t understand why anyone would want an aisle seat. It’s so much fun to look out the window and see my world from a whole different perspective. From 35,000 feet cars disappear and major roads become thin lines. Houses are nearly lost and entire farms look like postage stamps.
I guess every time I fly I wonder what God must think when He looks down on our lives, on all human endeavors. How His perspective must be different than our own.
Paul explains that the royal children of God look at life not from the ground, but from 35,000 feet. From our place in the heavenlies with Christ (Ephesians 2:6), those troubles that seem so massive, so unmovable, so overwhelming shows up for what it really is: "light and momentary."
Be encouraged!
Dwight
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