“So we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day. For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison, as we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen. For the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal.” (2 Corinthians 4:16-18 ESV)
The aging process reeks havoc on our bodies; “our outer self is wasting away.” But the child of God who spends time with the Lord regularly (Bible reading, prayer, worship, reception of the Lord’s Body and Blood), finds himself/herself renewed daily. In fact, the child of God knows that we are being prepared for eternal life with Jesus. The hymn writer put it this way:
And when the fight is fierce, the warfare long,
Steals on the ear the distant triumph song,
And hearts are brave again, and arms are strong.
Alleluia, Alleluia!
(For All the Saints, The Lutheran Service Book, CPH, 2006, #677 stanza 5)
Link to hymn video clip:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1OaBgaMcOvM
Dearest Lord Jesus, please strengthen my soul for the struggles of daily life, including the deterioration that comes with aging. In Your saving name, O Lord. Amen.
“See” you at the Communion table this morning!
Pastor David Paape
The following link is to the 52 Week Reading Plan Bible upon which these devotions are based. http://www.bible-reading.com/bible-plan.pdf
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