LIGHT AFFLICTIONS AND ETERNAL WEIGHT OF GLORY
OUR HOPE ON WHAT THE FUTURE HOLDS FOR US IS OUR ABILITY TO OVERCOME TRIALS AND AFFLICTIONS.
It might be said, with a specific end goal to have the capacity to count distresses and tribulations as issues of joy, we need to develop the capacity to think as far as what's to come. Some of the time a Believer's expectation of heaven, glorious body and eternal life are mocked as "la-la-land." However, they are realities that gives genuine solace, as cases from history appear.
In the times of slavery, there was almost nothing why slaves should be glad about. Their lives were loaded with hardship and enduring. The work of their hands was perpetual drudgery, for quite a while. They were frequently in need. Families were some of the time torn separated as people were sold. They carried on a hopeless presence, but, the music of the Negro spirituals from that time is loaded with delight.
I don't think it is an occurrence that one of the head repeating subjects of those spirituals is heaven. For example, in the profound "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot," one of the stanzas understands: "I investigated Jordan, and what did I see desiring to convey me home? A band of holy messengers coming after me, wanting to convey me home." The capable declaration of such huge numbers of these tunes is that of a delight in view of looking to God and future blessedness.
HOLD FAST TO YOUR LIVELY HOPE.