Trials Only for a Little While

I feel as though I am always being persecuted and going through trials. I feel as though I am never given a moment to just enjoy.

“⁶In this you rejoice, though now for a little while, if necessary, you have been grieved by various trials,” — 1 Peter 1:6 (ESV)

As Peter says here those trials are “for a little while”. I have to remember that where God will put me through trials, it is really only for a little while. I am not tested continually. I am given tests to build up my endurance and then I am given the chance to use that endurance in the completion of the work He has for me. I am then able to rejoice in the accomplishment of the work and move on to the next.

Yes, I am not really rewarded here in this world other than knowing that I have indeed done the work God has for me. And those tests seem to be coming and remaining for the long haul. But, I have to remember that this is not my final destination. I am only here in this world for a little while and only really just passing through. I have heaven waiting for me and my time in heaven will be an eternity while my time here in this world is finite and short by comparison.

Knowing that I am in this world for only the short while, the trials that come are only during my time here in this world and therefor are short. These trials are only for a little while and are building up my endurance so that I will have the strength to do Gods Work. And that work will be for the long haul in heaven. I am being prepared for the eternity of work for God.

What a revelation for me this morning. I am being prepared in my short time here in this world to enjoy my long time of eternity in heaven. I will be able to fully enjoy my eternity thanks to the trials and tests I am experiencing in this world. The short term tests are good for my long term joy.

What are you going through in this world? Are you looking at these trials as the long haul? What if you were to look at these trials as the temporary and know that the eternity with God in heaven is what you are being prepared?