Just a Thought

Gregory Peck, a popular American actor from the 1940’s to the 1970’s, once said, “Faith gives you an inner strength and a sense of balance and perspective in life.”

To hold a biblical perspective on life and reality is to affirm that there is more to life and reality than what meets the eye. In fact, the Bible tells us that what we don’t see matters far more than what we do see. In 2 Corinthians 4 v 18 it states, “For the things that are seen are temporary, but the things that are unseen are eternal”.

It’s not that the present universe isn’t important, it’s just that we need to be reminded that all of the current physical creation will one day end; God will change it like a robe, (Psalm 102:25-28) and there will be, “New heavens and a new earth in which righteousness dwells”. 2 Peter 3 v 13.

As others have rightly said, “We do not have a spirit; we are a spirit, who has a body.” And because of our sin, the bodies we have will die, but we will continue forever in a new body; either in God’s presence, if we have received His forgiving love that He has given us in the Lord Jesus Christ; or eternally separated from Him. 1 Timothy 2 v 5, “There is one God, and one Mediator between God and men, the Man Christ Jesus”.