Pastor's Corner

Looking back or looking forward – we do not lose heart

“So we do not lose heart…as we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen. For the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal.” (2Cor. 4:16-18) A lot has happened in 2013, some good, some bad. In the political arena things have not gone well for us as Christians and looking forward into 2014, things are looking to get worse. Perhaps in your individual life things have not gone as you had hoped. Perhaps health has been an issue, perhaps your job has had its tough times, or perhaps you’re just tired. There was a lot going on in the Apostle Paul’s life that would have knocked me down! Yet he was able to say in the midst of it all, “We do not lose heart”! Why? Because what we see is passing but what we do not see is eternal! God will have the final word in all things and He is working all things to His glory. All of this will pass away but the eternal things will not. The triumphs we have experienced are passing to we will not put too much stock in them. The discouragements will not last either so we will not let them bring us down, rather, we will fix our eyes on the things that are eternal and take courage! 2014 will be lived to His glory come what may.

Pastor Don.