Though some have experienced suffering in their bodies all their lives, others become increasingly aware of their physical frailty as they age. Our bodies will eventually cease to function, but our spirit (who we are) lives forever (John 5:28-29).
So Paul closes his letter to Philemon by saying, “The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit” (Philemon 1:25). Jesus said,“It is the Spirit who gives life. The flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit, and they are life” (John 6:63).
When we finally grasp this truth, that our bodies are temporary, but our spirits are eternal, we begin to focus on God’s words to us rather on this world (2 Corinthians 4:16; Ephesians 4:23)
