2 Cor 4:16-18 is a reminder to us as Christians to focus on the spiritual things that are eternal instead of the things that can be seen and yet are temporal. When we see things with an eternal perspective, we will be able to persevere through our troubles and difficulties, be renewed daily, and find ourselves an “eternal glory that far outweighs them all” (v17). So what should we focus on to achieve this? There are three things we should centre ourselves on: Eternal things, our eternal purpose, and the daily renewal of our inward man.