What matters more, your outward appearance or your inner spiritual life? The Bible answers that question plainly, yet many people still live as if the opposite were true. We live in a world that rewards appearances. The outer man gets the attention. How we look. What we wear. What we own. How others perceive us. Entire industries exist to gild the outside while the inside quietly grows tired, distracted, and undernourished. Scripture, however, draws a sharper line. Every person has two dimensions: the outer man and the inner man. One is visible and temporary. The other is hidden and eternal. Only one of them carries lasting weight. What Is the Outer Man? The outer man is what people can see. It is shaped by time, culture, and circumstance. It develops, matures, and eventually declines. Paul says it this way: “Therefore we do not lose heart. Even though our outward man is perishing, yet the inward man is being renewed day by day.” (2 Corinthians 4:16, NKJV) That is not a gloomy statemen...
Shining a light on someone by lighting their pathway home. By Joseph Kimanzi