It is when we have our minds focused on the things of earth that the glory of heaven doesn’t mean as much. When that happens, anxiety flares up, despair creeps in, and our world crashes in. But the things of this world are temporary; the things we don’t see are eternal.

Our eyes begin to weaken and we don’t see well and have to get glasses or contacts. Our bodies get brittle and it’s easier to get injured. Our minds aren’t as sharp and quick as they once were. We tweak our backs just by sleeping wrong. We become more prone to sickness because our body just can’t handle it any more. Our bodies are wasting away.

This is what the Apostle Paul references in 2 Corinthians 4:16. Despondency sets it and despair floods our hearts.

But that’s when the Bible says, “Do not lose heart.” In writing his second letter to the church at Corinth, Paul says, “So we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day. For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison, as we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen.”

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