Look at What Is Eternal

Anxiety lives glued to what can be seen: the bank balance, the test results, the problem right in front of you, huge. And precisely because it's so close to your eyes, that problem seems to grow to the size of the whole world. Paul, who lived through real afflictions, learned a secret: lift your gaze. Not deny what can be seen, but not fix your eyes on it as if it were the most important thing. Because what can be seen is temporary — it will pass, whether or not it changes the way you want it to. And what cannot be seen — God's care, the eternity waiting for you, the promises still to be fulfilled — that is eternal, and that remains. When you give a temporary problem the weight of something eternal, it crushes you. But when you remember that it will pass and that God does not pass away, the problem returns to its true size. Today, make this shift in focus: look at your problem and say "this is temporary" — and then lift your eyes to the One who is eternal.