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. 2 Corinthians 4:17-18
A few weeks ago, the children led our Sunday morning worship service. They did a Disneyland rides theme. During a part of the service, they asked the adults in the congregation if they had any special memories of Disneyland or Disney World. People mentioned Space Mountain a couple of times, and then later during our fellowship time a conversation got started about whether Space Mountain is scarier because it is in the dark.
It seems there are two camps of people, generally, on this issue. The people who think Space Mountain is a scary roller coaster because it's in the dark and the people who think it is LESS scary for that same reason. Which got me to thinking about this as a sermon topic.
Are we less scared or more scared of what we cannot see? And are we predisposed to be that way? And what role does God and our own faith play in trusting in what we cannot see?
I have been ruminating on this for a few weeks now. In Second Corinthians, Paul tells the people to fix their eyes on what is unseen... that what is seen is temporary....
Fix our eyes on God. On our faith journey. Don't sweat the small stuff? Is that what this is telling us? Don't worry so much about the temporary physical trappings of life, but focus instead on your faith, on God? I'd be interested in hearing your thoughts on this scripture (see above) and on your views on whether seeing and knowing what's ahead is scarier than not knowing....
Email me at peverhart@niwotumc.org or comment below.
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