Eternity Changes Today
It feels like there is a lot of heaviness right now—unanswered prayer, hard situations, heightened pain in waiting, and hearts that feel restless. No matter how many blog posts you read, worship you listen to, or truth you take in, nothing seems to fix the suffering.
This seems to be the question lingering around all of these situations:
How does the Gospel truth we know—that Jesus loved me and gave Himself so I may have eternal life—actually affect me right now, today, in this moment?
If this is a question you are asking, you are not alone.
And if you aren’t even thinking that far because you don’t know the Gospel, let’s start there.
If you asked yourself, on a scale of 0 to 10, how likely you are going to Heaven—10 being complete certainty—what would you say?
Did you say 7?
The reality with this question is that there are only two answers: 0 being not going, and 10 being going. There is no middle ground, no halfway. You are either completely covered by the sacrifice of Jesus in complete repentance and faith—10—or you are not—0.
Because we all need more persuasion for our decisions, let’s talk about the Gospel—because that truth won’t affect your suffering if it hasn’t first affected your heart.
1. God is perfect
He is the great I Am, existing outside of time, before the foundation of the world. He is good, perfect, and true. He created the world perfectly in His timing and for His glory.
2. We are sinful
Sin entered the world through Adam, the first created human being made in the image of God. Adam and Eve sinned in the garden, deceived by the enemy, thinking they could be like God by eating from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. This caused all humanity to become sinful.
“for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.” Romans 3:23
3. God restores us
God’s master plan was always to save us through His Son—through His life, death, and resurrection. God sent Himself in human form to live like us, yet without sin, to carry the weight of all sin and shame in a shameful death on the cross, and to rise to glory three days later, defeating death and the grave so we could live with our Heavenly Father for eternity.
4. God reigns forever
God is eternally holy and set apart. It is either life covered by the great exchange in Jesus, or rightful punishment for our sin. No works can save, no good can measure up—only Jesus. He is our Redeemer, our Savior, and our humble King who deserves all of our undistracted worship for all of eternity. And one day, all the saints will join in endless worship, declaring His glory forever.
"For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God." 2 Corinthians 5:21
This is the Gospel.
If you have not realized your sinfulness, run to God in repentance and trust Jesus with your soul in complete faith. Start there. It does not have to be complicated or follow a ritual. Speak to Him. Tell Him how sinful you are, how desperate you are for a cure, and tell Him you trust Him with your whole heart, your whole soul, and your entire eternity.
If you haven’t prayed this prayer and you choose to today, please reach out to us at info@reverentawe.com. We would love to be praying for you, rejoicing with Heaven over your salvation, and walking with you as the Holy Spirit leads.
So I am saved by Jesus. I know I will be with Him for eternity because He has loved me and given Himself for me. But that doesn’t affect my pain today.
The easy answer is this: that truth changes everything.
“For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us.” Romans 8:18
1. Consider your eternity
“Consider” comes from the Greek verb logizomai (λογίζομαι). It does not mean a casual thought like “I guess” or “I feel like.” It is a settled judgment—carefully weighed reasoning, like accounting something as true after evaluation.
When Paul said this, it is not “this feels true to me right now,” but rather, “after careful, settled reasoning based on truth, I have concluded…”
This is not emotional optimism—it is truth-based reasoning anchored in eternity.
Eternity is real. And as stated above, it is either life with God forever or separation from God forever. This is not about ignoring suffering, but about recalculating suffering using eternity as the reference point.
When we do that, suffering is not ultimate. It becomes small in comparison to what is secured in Christ.
2. Suffering is real
This does not mean suffering is not real. In fact, Jesus Himself understands and sympathizes with us.
“For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been tempted as we are, yet without sin. Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.” Hebrews 4:15–16
The word “sufferings” (pathemata) refers to actual experienced pain: physical hardship, emotional grief, persecution, loss, and frustration in a broken world. It is concrete, not theoretical.
This gives you permission to be honest without despair. We live in a broken, fallen world that God promises to restore fully on the day of Christ. We do not live in denial of pain, but we also do not live in despair under it.
3. Suffering is fleeting
Suffering is real, but it is also fleeting. The key phrase is “of this present time.” Suffering does not exist beyond this earth, which is passing away.
“the sufferings of this present time” (temporary, present-age reality)
“the glory that is to be revealed” (future, permanent reality)
That does not make suffering feel fleeting in the moment. Scripture is honest that suffering can feel long and heavy. But from God’s perspective, it is not the permanent structure of reality—it is a passing condition of a world being restored.
“For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison.” 2 Corinthians 4:17
It gives endurance purpose. You are not just getting through something—you are moving toward something already secured in Christ that will outweigh what hurts now.
4. Glory is our promised eternity
The final reality God has secured for His people is eternal life in restored communion with Him, where suffering is gone and His glory is fully revealed.
Does this not give you the hope you were seeking?
Consider again. Our Heavenly Father has given us eternal life through His Son so that we may not perish in sin and suffering, but live in harmony with Him forever.
Isn’t that glorious?
You know when you are watching a game or reading a book and you already know the outcome—there is a strange peace, because you know how the story ends.
That is the life of a believer.
We know we will be with our Heavenly Father. He has already won, defeating all sin, shame, and the grave, so that we may have eternal life and rejoice in the revealed glory of Jesus Christ.
What will that glory be? What will Heaven be like?
I am not fully sure. But I do know this—it will make every tear on this side of Heaven worth it when we see Jesus face to face.
So today, consider your heart. Are you certain of your eternity with God, or just hoping things get better?
There is so much more to life than merely hoping for the best.
There is fullness of joy.
“You make known to me the path of life; in your presence there is fullness of joy; at your right hand are pleasures forevermore.” Psalm 16:11
“These things I have spoken to you, that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be full.” John 15:11
So be anchored in hope outside your circumstances—not in things improving soon, but in the certainty that God will fully restore and reveal His glory in a way that makes present pain look temporary in hindsight.
This verse does not ask you to ignore suffering. It invites you to place it inside a much larger reality—one where your pain is real, but not ultimate, and not forever.
It feels fitting to end with the words of Jesus before He went to the cross:
“I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world.” John 16:33