Heavenly Relief
Today I feel better than I have felt in two weeks. Sickness still lingers but I am much improved and God willing will be completely better soon.
There is something greatly relieving in waking up and feeling somewhat healthy after a period of sickness. It is like a breath of fresh air or a great weight taken off of your shoulders. My tendency sometimes is to revel too much in health, overtaxing myself and getting sick all over again. I pray that doesn’t happen this time.
But periods of sickness and health serve as a foreshadow of something far greater. If we feel such relief and strength after recovering from illness, just imagine what it will be like when we enter the fullness of salvation and experience the complete healing of glorification in Heaven. If healing is like a breath of fresh air I can’t even begin to imagine what it will be like to step from this world of sin and pain and decay and death, entering into the world of fullness of life and peace and joy.
We labor in this world because we know there is something greater in store. We labor because we know our future is not tied to this world but is secure in God. We endure suffering and hardship because we know the day will come when we step into eternity and all the troubles we faced will be nothing more than a light momentary affliction (2 Corinthians 4:17) compared to eternity spent with God. So labor hard, saints of the Lord! And wait with eager expectation the coming glorification.