The Road Ahead
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.
– 2 Corinthians 4:18
We cling tightly to the things of today, don’t we? We
may want adventure and fun times but mostly we want our lives to stay the same
or, at least, grow in a way we can see and embrace.
God doesn’t work that way. He understands that it is
in the storms of life that we grow closer to Him and, thus, more like Jesus. If
it weren’t for the storms, we would never truly realize how much we need God.
There’s a difference between knowing in your mind that
we all need a Savior and knowing in the desperation of a dark night that He is
the only One who can heal your shattered heart.
God meets us where we are. It’s such a simple
statement. We don’t realize how profound it is until we’re the ones He meets.
God is there is the silence of an ICU waiting room in the middle of the night.
God is there when people spew lies at you and you don’t think your shattered
heart can ever heal. God is there in the hopelessness of job loss, divorce,
illness, and a million other things that can happen over the course of a life.
Yes. God is also there in the good times. He
celebrates births and marriages and new homes and dream vacations. He applauds
our successes and cheers us on. But do we really feel His Presence when
everything is going good? Do we truly appreciate what He does for us when life
is going exactly as we planned?
Life on this earth will always be filled with peaks
and valleys and all those days in between. It’s tempting to lose sight of why
we’re here. It’s tempting to believe that we’re in control and everything will
always be like we planned. We aren’t in control and life won’t stay the same.
So fix your eyes on what lies ahead. Stay focused on
eternity. It helps put today’s struggles and achievements in perspective.
