Every Day with Jesus is Sweeter than the Day Before

“For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.” (I Corinthians 4:16)

We face many trials in this life, just as Jesus said we would. Paul the apostle had his trials, his thorn in the flesh, his shipwreck, his stoning and his beatings. But he knew, as we should know, that the One who raised up the Lord Jesus shall raise up us also by Jesus. These facts and our faith remove the Christian from fear.

Our outward man is perishing. Old age takes its toll on our bodies. We cannot think as we did in younger days. Our steps are slower, our eyesight is dim and our hearing is dull. We live in a tabernacle, a tent, a temporary dwelling. It is decaying and passing away. The outward man is perishing. The Christian’s outward man may or may not perish as a martyr, as did Paul, Stephen and others. However, the outward man is perishing.

But, the inward man of the Christian is renewed and made stronger every day, especially as he spends more and more time with the Lord in prayer, the reading of the Bible and living by faith. All of mankind needs Jesus both for the inner man as well as the outward man.