3-17-2016

        Good Morning All!!          

   2 Corinthians 4:18; “We don’t look for things that can be seen but for things that can’t be seen. Things that can be seen are only temporary. But things that can’t be seen last forever”.

    Have you ever seen a movie that is filled in 3-D?  If you watch one, you have to wear special glasses to see the movie.  One of the “lens” is green cellophane and the other one is red cellophane.  As you watch the movie with the glasses on, the movements seem more alive.  One common theme of these movies is that the action is always toward the screen and not to the left or right.  This makes the film seem to be right in your lap.  The thing about these movies is that if you don’t watch the movie with the glasses on; the film is blurry and is almost impossible to watch.

    This is how our world works.  We live in the world and it is blurry at best.  It is so blurry that to some, lies seem like truths and truths seem just wrong.  This is why the world seems so mixed up to us; it is.  When you watch or read the news, the truth seems all the more blurry.

    Part of this is the mistaken idea that once you become a Christian nothing goes wrong.  We want to think that there will be no more troubles or problems.  We are surprised that events in the world, in this nation, go against God’s will.  We shouldn’t be surprised.  The world is a sinful place that sees things all blurry.  

     We have been given the special glasses.  Through the faith that we have because of Jesus, we can see things that the sinful world does not.  We see God’s grace and we see the future; a future of eternal life with Christ.  Even in the pains and failures of this sinful world, we see Jesus. We will have pain; we will have tragedies.  We will see and experience things which hurt us and give us great sorrow.  We will see things that will completely baffle us and unless we see them through the glasses of faith.   It may not make sense but, through God’s mercy, the redeemed children of God will be held close to God’s heart and given salvation.  We can only be certain of this when we see things and events through faith; through those special glasses that

God gives us.                       

     So if you are looking at the world and thinking the world is winning; take heart, be sure you are looking at it through faith and see God’s ultimate glory being revealed.  See the world through faith, it is God’s gift to us to get through this life.  We are his blessed children now and forever.  See the world through the glasses of faith.

 Dearest Father, the world we see is filled with pain for us and for those around us.  We need your grace to guide us through the sorrows that are.  Forgive us when we silently watch the evil occur and fail to speak your words of mercy.  Strengthen us to see the truth and to speak the truth.  In Jesus’ precious name we pray, amen.

 God’s Peace,

Pastor Bret