THIS is a word of encouragement, not only for God’s earthly people Israel, but also for every child of His who is in any trouble or undergoing any kind of grief or sorrow. No matter how dark the sky at present may be, it is all bright ahead. The Lord has promised that He will do great things—things that are utterly beyond our comprehension now, but which, when accomplished, will fill our hearts with praise and thanksgiving. He who has brought us thus far on our pilgrimage journey will see us through to the end, and when at last we behold the gates of pearl standing wide open we shall praise Him for all His wondrous care, and realize that at last we have entered triumphantly into the Father’s house to go no more out forever.
“Beyond the bounds of time and apace,
Look forward to that heavenly place,
The saints’ secure abode;
On faith’s strong eagle pinions rise.
And force your passage to the skies,
And scale the mount of God.
Who suffer with our Master here,
We shall before His face appear,
And by His side sit down;
To patient faith the prize is sure;
And all that to the end endure
The cross, shall wear the crown.”
—C. Wesley.