Here's Your Foresight!
"For God so loved the world that He gave His
only begotten Son, that whoever believes in
Him should not perish but have everlasting life."
John 3: 16
A nearsighted person can see things clearly that are close to
them but not things far away. The opposite is someone who is
farsighted, or in this case foresighted: having ability to focus
on things that are far away, or in the future.
As Christians, we are called to focus on both—the
present (near) and the future (far away). Sometimes
we lose sight of the blessings yet to come.
Saints in the Old Testament were intentionally foresighted—
they had a clearer vision of eternity than they had of present.
Hebrews 11:1-21 tells us of people like Abel, Enoch, Noah,
Abraham, Sarah, Isaac, and Jacob.
Their earthly lives ended without realizing complete fulfillment
of promises of God in Christ, but they didn’t mind. They knew
they were strangers on earth, citizens of a better country—a
heavenly one. And we should have the same kind of sight,
focusing on the future as well as the present.
What are you focused on?
Don’t let present circumstances, whether joys or sorrows,
obscure your vision of the eternal blessings to come.
"Christianity is not engrossed by this transitory world,
but measures all things by the thought of eternity."
J. Gresham Machen
