Romans 8:18
For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.
I have seen people or friends even who suffered more than anyone else, and they are Christians. How much faith does it take to fill a life with hope despite trials and tribulations? I can not help but refer to a friend who became critically unwell, was rejected by family and partly by friends and was financially deprived. All aspects of the person's life (material, family and physical) were crushed into pieces in a way that hope and faith became impossible to mend them. Yet her spiritual life was not quenched, she remained strong in her belief that the Lord would deliver her from all her burdens. God did. He took her home more than a year ago.
This is the ultimate paradigm of Romans 8:18. She knew that the glory that was revealed to her when she went to paradise was incomparable to her sufferings here on earth. We are yet to see this glory and therefore we eagerly wait for it with perseverance (v25).
I suppose our present problems are but a tiny speck of what she has gone through. What a great encouragement is this for us who still lives and can live a more comfortable life! All the more reason for us to cling to God's everlasting love and promise, for we become more than conquerors through Him. For we are persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord (v37-39).
God is so much bigger than our biggest sufferings.
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