Glory Game
“For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, is working for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory,” II Corinthians 4:17 NKJV Without the assurance of salvation, life is a game filled with uncertainty, anxiety and a total mess. With the ongoing global uncertainties and devastation across the regions, even those who apparently dwell safely have little or no confidence in their safe haven. But for those who have found grace, all things (including pains, challenges of life, and disappointment) represent an embodiment of a glory game. In a mere acknowledgment of the realities, Paul used the term light affliction for believers’ glory game. But more importantly here is the emphasis on its pleasantry… working for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory . It was the same glory game that brought Joseph to the palace through the tunnel of the pit and prison. The enemy and all his cohorts of evil machineries may be busy with the cooking of a gory ga...