Not What The Eyes See

16 Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. 17 For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. 18 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.
2 Corinthians 4:16-18

My thoughts today are on, once again, what it costs to trust God and His word. I think it costs everything you have. God doesn't do half. He doesn't love you half way. He gives it all, all the time. He even died, so you wouldn't die. I honestly don't know what it's like to love someone so much that you put everything on hold for him, i.e. your entire life, because you trust that it's worth it.

I think of our attitude toward God. Sometimes we don't care about Him. We despise Him. We dare Him. We don't believe He exists. We think even if He did exist, He has abandoned us. Because "how could a God of love let all those horrible things happen on earth and happen to us?"

So, even as Christians, because we doubt Him and we doubt His intentions and we doubt His love, we go on our *not so* merry life, and we work hard, we exhaust ourselves to make it what we want it to be.

Yet again, His love for us never changes. He says, "38 For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, 39 neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord. " Romans 8:38

And like the good Father that He is, he remains patient toward us, until we get it. "15 Bear in mind that our Lord’s patience means salvation, just as our dear brother Paul also wrote you with the wisdom that God gave him." 2 Peter 3:15

So, what did it cost God to gain my trust and love? Everything. I cannot think of something that He didn't give up for that purpose. He has been "all in" from the beginning.

When He says, "5 However, the LORD your God would not listen to Balaam but turned the curse into a blessing for you, because the LORD your God loves you." Deuteronomy 23:5 What does it cost me to trust Him?

When He adds, "25 I will repay you for the years the locusts have eaten—the great locust and the young locust, the other locusts and the locust swarm— my great army that I sent among you." Joel 2:25 Is it so easy to believe? What does it cost to trust Him?

He went all in. I don't see how we can "half" believe as well. He either means it, or He's a liar. So far I've always been proven the liar, not Him.

I don't know how He will do it, and I don't need to know. I'm simply grateful for His support and eternal love.