[May 17]
We look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal. II Corinthians 4:18
WHAT do these words mean?
They mean that the
Apostle Paul had spiritual eyesight.
He indeed saw
earthly attractions, but they lost their drawing power
upon him because of his spiritual sight—his perception
of the things unseen.
With the eye of faith he saw the
Heavenly Father, the glorified Lord Jesus, the heavenly
hosts, the coming kingdom of glory, honor, and
immortality.
By faith he saw the great millennial
kingdom spreading out before him, and heard the divine
invitation to become an heir in that kingdom, to
be joined in heirship with the Master and Redeemer.
He had accepted his invitation.
He had enlisted under
the banner of the Master; and he realized that everything
else in the world was of practically no value in
comparison with these eternal things which God had
promised.
His confidence was in the Word of God. Z'16-266 R5951:6 (Hymn 133)