Message from Scripture: 6/21/2021

 

Today, our message from Scripture comes from 2 Cor. 4:16. “Therefore we do not lose heart, but though our outer man is decaying, yet our inner man is being renewed day by day.”

 

The human body is an amazing organism. For example, an estimated 25 million cell divisions occur every second in order to replace cells that have completed their normal life cycles. Millions of times per second in the human body, cells die as an essential part of the normal cycle of cellular replacement. When cells stop normal cell division, they start to age, which is part of the process of our bodies aging.

 

Physically, the process of aging could also be called the process of dying. This is the result of sin (Rom. 5:12), and unless our Lord returns, this is what awaits us all. Beside this physical process itself, one can add the uncertainty of life. None of us knows what each day we live will bring. Who knows if we will suffer from a fatal accident, or some other unforeseen catastrophe? James reminds us, “Yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring — what your life will be! For you are like vapor that appears for a little while, then vanishes” (Jas. 4:14). Death cannot be mastered in this life.

 

Paul’s challenge is to look beyond the ravages of today to the splendor of tomorrow, not to that which is seen, but that which is unseen. To do this we must walk by faith, not by sight (2 Cor. 5:7). We must trust in God and His purposes for life. Today we are closer to eternity than ever before. While we have today, let’s go out and serve our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, using our time wisely, that we might honor our God and look with joyful anticipation to what lies ahead. The best is yet to be. God bless.

 

Robert