Focusing On The Future Is A Glorious Way To Live
For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all.
2 Corinthians 4:17
Anticipation is the delight of looking forward to not-yet-experienced events: graduation, Christmas, birthdays, reunions, vacations.
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And for the Christian, life after death and a home in heaven.
When the present is unpleasant, take the advice of Charles Spurgeon and try focusing instead on the future.
WALK WITH CHARLES SPURGEON
“In our Christian pilgrimage, it is good to be looking forward.
“Whether it be for hope or joy, for consolation or for the inspiring of our love, the future must, after all, be the grand object of the eye of faith.
“Looking into the future, we see sin cast out, the body of sin and death destroyed, the soul made perfect and fit to be a partaker of the saints in light.
“Looking further yet, the believer’s enlightened eye can see death’s river passed and the celestial city standing ahead.
“He sees himself enter the gates, hailed as more than conqueror, embraced in the arms of Jesus, glorified, and made to sit together with him.
“The thought of this future may well relieve the darkness of the past and the gloom of the present.
“The joys of heaven will surely compensate for the sorrows of earth.”
WALK CLOSER TO GOD
Struggles with sin. Pressures at work. Relationships that have soured.
The “light and momentary troubles” Paul spoke about certainly weren’t reserved for only first-century believers!
But when the outlook is bleak, try the uplook.
You have an eternity with the Father to look forward to. Dwelling on the past may cause you to groan. But focusing on the future is a glorious way to live!
