A Christian Meditation on Seeing Your Troubles As Only Momentary from 2 Corinthians 4:16-18

<p>The Bible gives us the unique perspective of eternity with which to see every moment in our lives. Including the difficult ones. This kind of Christian meditation brings the transcendent experience of God into your mind and into your body so that you can replace anxiety, insecurity, stress and tension with the better and truer imagination of God’s infinite and intimate presence and love for YOU.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>If your podcast app is set to skip the silent sections, disable that for this podcast.</strong></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Body Meditation</strong></p><p>In a minute we’re going to meditate on 2 Corinthians 4:16-18. But before that, let’s get your body in a good physical and spiritual disposition to meditate, so that you can recalibrate and re-integrate your body and mind with God’s infinite presence and intimate love for you right now <em>in this moment</em>.</p><p><br></p><p>…</p><p><strong>Bible Meditation</strong></p><p>Now let’s breathe spiritual life into your <em>body meditation</em> by adding in <em>biblical meditation</em> and <em>imagination</em>.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>2 Corinthians 4:16-18 NIV</strong></p><p>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.</p><p><br></p><p>Greek — “our outer person” vs “our inner” (ESV: “our outer self”)</p><p><br></p><p><a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2%20Corinthians%204%3A16-18&amp;version=ESV" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">ESV</a> — “an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison.”</p><p><br></p><p>Remember — anxiety, anger happens when we think we need something that we actually don’t need.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>Lots of people don’t think they struggle with anxiety because they have a stereotypical view of what anxie