Free Bible Commentary
“2 Corinthians 5:6-10”
Categories: 2 Corinthians“Therefore, being always of good courage, and knowing that while we are at home in the body we are absent from the Lord — for we walk by faith, not by sight — we are of good courage, I say, and prefer rather to be absent from the body and to be at home with the Lord. Therefore we also have as our ambition, whether at home or absent, to be pleasing to Him. For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may be recompensed for his deeds in the body, according to what he has done, whether good or bad."
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Faith gives us “courage” (verse 8) and faith gives us “ambition” (verse 9). Faith gives us the courage to say, “No matter what may happen to me on this earth, I will serve the God of heaven. Even if I must die because of my strong convictions, that only means that I will ‘be at home with the Lord’ all the sooner.” When we “walk by faith, not by sight” (verse 7), we do not need to see the outcome with our eyes to know the certainty of our eternal inheritance.
Faith gives us the ambition to live our lives to please the Lord, no matter what our outward circumstances may be. Our first, last and ultimate goal should be to think and talk and act in ways that glorify our Father in heaven and bring Him delight and not grief. And if delight cannot motivate us to walk in ways that please the Lord, then fear is a satisfactory provocation instead. “We must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ…” (verse 10). God is going to hold us ALL accountable for the way that we live our lives!
“Therefore, knowing the fear of the Lord, we persuade men” (verse 11). Whatever it takes to persuade us to faithfully and obediently serve the Lord, so be it. There is just too much on the line to not get this right before we stand before the bar on high. Eternity, life or death, heaven or hell are hanging in the balance. Please make the determination to get “ambitious” about your eternity.
Please read 2 Corinthians 5:11-15 for tomorrow.
Have a great day!
- Louie Taylor
