Temporal Sufferings

Difficult seasons can make time feel slow. A painful week may feel like a month. A long night can seem as though morning will never come. When you are carrying disappointment, loss, pressure, weakness, or uncertainty, it is easy to think that the present moment will last forever.

The Bible gives us a different perspective in Romans 8:18. Paul spoke from experience because he had experienced hardship himself. Yet he says that the sufferings of this present time cannot be compared with the glory that will be revealed in us.

The phrase “this present time” matters. It reminds you that suffering has a limit. It belongs to the present age, not to eternity. No matter how difficult the season feels, it is not the final chapter. God has promised something beyond it.

A dark night may feel endless while you are in it, but the night still has an end. Morning comes. In the same way, suffering is not permanent for those who belong to Christ. A season of glory awaits.

In 2 Corinthians 4:17, Paul describes present troubles as light and momentary when compared with the eternal glory they are producing.