TBC Notes

Tempus Fugit

Tempus Fugit is Latin, and its meaning is "time flies." Sometimes that's a good thing and sometimes it's not so good. When things are not going so well, I would like time to move along at a faster pace. When I'm in that situation, it brings to mind a passage of Scripture that my friend Dave Hunt loved to quote. He did it in such a unique way that it was easy to recall. He read it backwards!

Well, not exactly, but close. The verses are 2 Corinthians:4:16-18 [16] For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day. [17] For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory; [18] While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal.
See All...: "For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day. For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory; While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal." Dave would rework verse 17 as follows:

What God has prepared for us is not just a "weight of glory," but an "eternal weight of glory.” It's not just an "eternal weight of glory," but an "exceeding and eternal weight of glory." It's not just an "exceeding and eternal weight of glory," but a “more exceeding and eternal weight of glory." It's not just a “more exceeding and eternal weight of glory,” but a "far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory."

And we can have all that as we turn to Him during our "light affliction, which is but for a moment (Tempus fugit)" compared to eternity!

T. A. McMahon

Executive Director