"Do Not Lose Heart!"

 

“Do Not Lose Heart!”

 

Therefore, we do not lose heart.  Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day.  For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all.  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 4:16-18

 

For those of us who are classified as “SENIOR ADULTS”, and are TRUE CHILDREN of the LIVING GOD, theses verses are very ENCOURAGING and COMFORTING.  For MOST of us, it is HARD to take GROWING OLD, as our first verse of Scripture says: “We are WASTING AWAY”.  This really should not come as a surprise to any of us.  All we have to do is LOOK in a MIRROR at our reflection.  We can SEE wrinkles, gray hair, or no hair, and so on.  Our minds are not as CLEAR or SHARP as they once were. Many of us have HEALTH PROBLEMS, that stem from growing older. 

 

But while we are WASTING AWAY, OUTWARDLY, INWARDLY we are being RENEWED day by day.  And ALL the things presently, and in the past that has tried to ROB us of our JOY, are LIGHT and MOMENTARY troubles, which are OBTAINING for us an ETERNAL GLORY that FAR outweighs them ALL.  Our spirit is being prepared for an ETERNITY in HEAVEN, with ALL its BLESSINGS.  As the Apostle Paul quoted the Prophet Isaiah: “No eye has seen, no ear has heard, and no mind has imagined what God has prepared for those who love Him.”  (1Corin. 2:9) And we, who are the TRUE CHILDREN of the LIVING GOD, can be WELL ASSURED of this PROMISE.

 

So, instead of getting depressed over our TEMPORARY body, and its condition, along with all our TEMPORARY TROUBLES, which we see NOW, we SHOULD FOCUS, or fix our gaze on the things that CANNOT be SEEN.  For the things we SEE NOW will SOON be GONE, but the THINGS we CANNOT SEE will be ETERNAL. 

 

However, for those who have NOT given their HEART and LIFE to God, they are DESTINED for an ETERNITY in HELL, with ALL its HORRORS, and NO WAY to ESCAPE, after they are there.  John 3:18, says: “Whoever believes in Him is NOT condemned, but whoever does NOT believe stands CONDEMNED already.”  In order to ESCAPE an ETERNITY in HELL, you MUST be WILLING to TURN AWAY FROM your sinful lifestyle, and TURN TO GOD, with a TRUE REPENTANT HEART.  CONFESS your sins to Him, and ask Him for His FORGIVENESS.  BELIEVE with ALL your HEART, that JESUS died for YOU, and that He is ALIVE in Heaven, making intercession for YOU, before God.  Then you MUST ACCEPT His Gift of SALVATION, and DO NOT LOSE HEART, STAY FOCUSED on the UNSEEN THINGS of ABOVE, and RECEIVE an ETERNITY in HEAVEN.  Do this NOW, while you still can.  He’s waiting and COMING SOON!!!