Draw back the curtain ...

"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 4:18).

In these words, Paul is encouraging us to draw back the curtain and catch a glimpse of a bigger and better world than this world, which is passing away. Draw back the curtain - and catch a glimpse of glory - the glory of God. Paul's encouraging us to see our life with the eyes of faith, hope and love. He speaks about two different kinds of seeing - "For now we see only a reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face" (1 Corinthians 13:12). When we're learning to look at life with the eyes of faith, hope and love, we're catching a glimpse of what lies beyond the curtain - "And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love" (1 Corinthians 13:13). Faith, hope and love - these are the things that remain. May God help us to keep these eternal things at the heart of our life. This is what Paul prays for us - "I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in his holy people" (Ephesians 1:18).