Weighed in the Balances

by an Old Disciple

“...a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory.”~ 2 Cor. 4:17

Weighed down with Glory!

In the immediate context (2Cor.4:16-18), Paul is weighing present burdens against future glory. Many of us, at present, are weighed down under a load of trials. But there is coming a day when we will be weighed down with “an eternal weight of glory.”

He goes on to tell us all the sufferings now cannot outbalance the glory that’s to come. In comparison, it makes our present tribulations look like a “light affliction,” says this old, seasoned, suffering saint.

We need to daily weigh the momentary and temporal against the eternal. It is important to keep before us eternal values. As A.W. Tozer used to say, “The unseen world is the only real world.” Both Old and New Testament saints looked and longed for it.

The Eskimo of old believed in a place where he would someday sit down and eat his whale blubber in peace, and to the full. The Indian believed in a “happy hunting ground.” But, in contrast, we Christians look for a city whose Builder and Maker is God. And I guarantee you from God’s Holy Writ, we will not be disappointed.

A godly man is a Heavenly man; Heaven is in him before he is in Heaven. (Thomas Watson, Puritan)

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