As I grapple with my own depression I am reminded that there is an already / not yet tension in the way the apostles spoke of salvation. They had witnessed the resurrection of Jesus, but the resurrection of the dead was still to come. They had witnessed the defeat of death, and yet the threat of death still hung over them as they bore witness to the ends of the earth. Death has been dethroned in this world but it has not yet been exorcised from this world. We still await for all things to be made new, even though we’ve seen glimpses of the new. It’s like we’ve now seen light at the end of the tunnel, but the tunnel still hangs above us. Jesus gives me a new perspective, and that perspective can change how I relate to my circumstances, but it doesn’t mean my circumstances have changed. Not yet.
Curious Christian 