Atlas Had It Easy
July 31st, 2008 by DanielPosted in Ponderances
“This slight, momentary affliction is preparing us for an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison.” - II Corinthians 4:17
We look forward to bliss in heaven. However, this Scripture informs us that standing in the unmitigated presence of our God is so excessively blissful as to be weighty. And we, as athletes, need to be trained by God in this life to bear the backbreaking glory of God. This is why we go through trials; we are being prepared, according to the gentle wisdom of God, to step into His presence as a snail might step into the shoes of Atlas.
So let us thank God for our trials, for, weighty as they now seem, they cannot compare to the insoluble majesty we will one day, happily, never escape from.