FUTURE THINGS!!!! Romans 8:18 (KJV) I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us. There are many things we dont know about the end of this life or the end of the world. But Gods given us all the assurance we need in order to look joyfully, expectantly forward. Paul knew enough about what was coming to say, I reckon (an accounting term), meaning he had taken a careful inventory, done the calculations, and come to a careful and reliable conclusion. And what Pauls comparing was the sufferings of this time (with which he was intimately and personally acquainted with) and the glory to come for every believer in Jesus Christ. As Paul added up the multiple trials, heartaches, losses, and sorrows of this world and carefully considered this sum in relation to the glory afterwards, he came to this stunning realization: the two shouldnt even be compared, because the amount of the one is so far greater than the mass of the other. Anyone who had experienced a fraction of the pain that this world holds will find this hard to imagine. We cannot conceive of a happiness so deep, a pleasure so complete, a glory so glorious that our grief is swallowed up by it. But God does not ask us to fathom such a claim; He just simply requires that by faith we believe it. Are you living by faith in the enormity of glory, in the expansive joy that is found in the presence of Christ Jesus? If not, do so, its refreshing!
Posted on: Thu, 30 Jan 2014 12:16:35 +0000
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