Sufferings Build Glory

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2 Cor. 3:17 “For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory.”

Ray Stedman has a great explanation on this verse verse:

“Our present sufferings are preparing us for something so incomparable, so amazing, so marvelous that there are no words to describe it. That means that no trial, no pain, no isolation, no heartache, no loneliness, no weakness or failure, no sense of being put aside is without significance. All of it is playing its part in accomplishing God’s work in your life and the lives of others. It is building for us an incomparable weight of glory. I do not know what else to say about it.”

And it’s not just the trials, testings and difficulties that produce this eternal glory. It’s your love for the Lord. It’s your desire and hunger for the Lord and your obedience in following what He places upon your heart and calls you to do.