Stubbed Toes

He who heeds the word wisely will find good, and whoever trusts in the LORD, happy is he.

Proverbs 16:20

What if you were to win an all-expense-paid, first-class trip around the world, but while checking your baggage at the airport, you stubbed your toe? Would you say, “I wish I had never won this trip! Look! I’ve stubbed my toe!”?

No. You’d realize that the momentary discomfort could not compare to the enjoyment of the trip you were about to take.

The Bible says all our earthly problems fall into that category. They aren’t worth comparing to the glory that will be revealed when we get to heaven. Paul writes, “Our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all” (2 Corinthians 4:17, NIV).

So we fix our eyes not on what is seen but on what is unseen. Whatever our situation here on earth, we know that our eternal quality of life will be beyond anything we can imagine or think about. We’re looking for the glory to be revealed, the eternal glory that far outweighs all the stubbed toes and broken hearts of earth.

When Christ calls me Home, I shall go with the gladness of a boy bounding away from school.

ADONIRAM JUDSON