Paul writes in 2 Corinthians 4:17, “Our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all.” Reading this can make us stop and think: trouble results in glory! Our moments involve eternity!
Many walk through a deep valley. It can be dark, trying and empty. In the midst of that valley we stop and wonder what God is doing. Why does He lead us into these hard and trying places?
In the hard times we must open our hearts fully to God. Then he can write on our hearts his Word. Our spirits are the paper, our struggles, joys and actions are the ink, the Holy Spirit is the Author who writes, YET what is written is in letters that belong to another world—Heaven. The Spirit communicates God’s truth to our hearts in these hard times. He writes there things that we struggle to understand, yet, from His perspective, so beautiful and wonderful and full of God. The value of what is written comes as we open our hearts fully to God and allow the Heavenly translator of this Heaven language reveal to us the power of God’s truth.
When we do not understand what is happening. It is a call to stop, turn our hearts toward God and allow the Spirit to reveal the beauty of what is being written in our lives. This is growth and maturity. This is life, real life, abundant life, eternal life—the life of Jesus.
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