The Psalmist Voice Reloaded: Family What's The Deal? Have We Lost Heart? Part 4.

The headline is delivered in three contrasts: 

1. Outer Self and Inner Self

We don’t lose heart because are dealing with the outer self: All the pressures and stressors that are part of life in this body. But Paul reminds us that the “inner self is being renewed day by day.”

2. Present Affliction and Eternal Glory

We don’t lose heart because we face only this present affliction. That covers all the circumstances of your life that bring pressure to bear on you. But Paul reminds us that the eternal glory which is coming is “beyond all comparison.”   

3. Seen and Unseen

We face the raw discouragement of what is seen: The world so often in conflict, the church so often in compromise. It’s not surprising that so many get discouraged. But we don’t lose hope, because Paul reminds us to consider not what we see around us but “the things that are unseen…[for] the things that are unseen are eternal.”

Remember This

Therefore, when you experience conflict against the outer self, when you face present affliction, when you are discouraged by what you see, remember this: Our inner self is being renewed. There is an eternal weight of glory that will far outweigh all of this. We endure by fixing our eyes on what is unseen.  

So, what are these unseen things that we are to fix our eyes on? What is this glory and how does it help us in what we face this week? How exactly can our inner life be renewed day by day? All of these questions are answered in 2 Corinthians 5: