The Eternal Weight of Glory2 Corinthians 4:17
No. 359For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all.2 Corinthians 4:17
Paul called his sufferings — beatings, shipwrecks, prison, rejection — light and momentary. Not because they weren't real, but because he was measuring them against an eternal weight of glory. The scale tips overwhelmingly toward glory.
Reflect
Put your hardest current suffering on one side of the scale and eternal glory on the other. How does Paul's math change your perspective?
Prayer
Lord, help me see my momentary troubles in light of an eternal glory that outweighs them infinitely. Fix my eyes on what is unseen and eternal. Amen.