Look Beyond

Look beyond the mountains to the One who made the mountains
Look beyond the raging sea to the glorious horizon that awaits you
Look beyond the problem to the One who is the solution to the problem
Look beyond this squalid evil world to the heavenly country which awaits you
Look beyond every difficulty, every hardship, every form of suffering, to the day when you will be free from all these things
Look beyond the arguments of men to the wisdom of the Almighty God
Look beyond whatever is facing you.

Look beyond

Look beyond the wonders of creation to the One whose genius created it
Look beyond the starlit sky to the One who designed the galaxies
Look beyond the brevity of life on earth to the One who inhabits eternity
Look beyond the grave to the One who is the resurrection and the life
Look beyond your weaknesses, failures and sins to the One who paid the price for them all at Calvary.

Look beyond.

 

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Hebrews 12:2

“fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith. For the joy that was set before him he endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.”

2 Corinthians 4:16-18

“Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.”

Romans 8:18-21

“I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us. For the creation waits in eager expectation for the children of God to be revealed. For the creation was subjected to frustration, not by its own choice, but by the will of the one who subjected it, in hope that the creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay and brought into the freedom and glory of the children of God.”