Rejoicing in eternity

“For His anger lasts only a moment, but His favour lasts a lifetime; weeping may remain for a night, but rejoicing comes in the morning.” Psalm 30:5
Have you ever noticed how when you’re going through a troublesome time, it seems to last forever? And how it gets harder and harder to see the proverbial light at the end of the tunnel? It’s times like these we need to seek the Lord, and seek to gain His perspective on things.
Eternity will not be like the life that we now have, full of ups and downs. In heaven, there will be eternal peace and rejoicing as we are in the unveiled presence of God. There will be no more strife, pain, trouble, or despair.
2 Corinthians 4:17 reads, “For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all.” I am sure Paul, writing this, was thinking of the troubles he faced – beatings, shipwrecks, stoning etc. (see 2 Cor. 11:23-28). He calls them all ‘light and momentary’, even though they became the pattern of his life as a missionary. He was looking forward to eternity. This was what enabled him to keep going, and it’s the same for us.
One day, God will make everything right. Sin will be finally dealt with and put away forever. His children will live with Him and He with them. I think God is looking forward to that time just as much as we are – perhaps even more.