2 Corinthians 4:18 while we do not look at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen. For the things which are seen are temporary, but the things which are not seen are eternal. Colossians 3:2 Set your mind on things above, not on things on the earth. The tendency of humans to place too much importance on the things which affect their senses and feelings has been a problem from the beginning. When Eve looked at the fruit on the tree of knowledge she considered not the command of the eternal God but that the tree was good for food, that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree desirable to make one wise... It appealed to her senses and in that moment she valued that temporal momentary gratification more than the eternal benefits of obedience. And the whole world has suffered for it. It can be easy for us as believers to avoid those things that are clearly sinful. However, there are many things in this world that are not evil in and of themselves, but they are merely temporal. We can give time and attention to them without it necessarily being a matter of sin...except that it takes our focus from the eternal things and dulls the spiritual senses. Daily we are faced with choices....the temporal or the eternal. This material world so often casts a shadow over our life...a veil over our mind. And so we live in a fog, unable to see those things which are truly important. Meanwhile a world perishes without Jesus. The cost of temporal living is far too high.
Posted on: Sat, 27 Dec 2014 02:23:32 +0000
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