Afflictions and Weakness that Glorify Jesus' Work and Keep Us Looking to Him in Faith

Why is the Christian life so hard? Pastor leads his family in today's "Hopewell @Home" passage. 2Corinthians 4:8–18 prepares us for the first part of the morning worship service on the coming Lord's Day. In these eleven verses of Sacred Scripture, we learn that our troubles and ongoing weakness make it plain that all of the good that comes out from us in the midst of it is only from Jesus. By using this means to fit us for eternally weighty glory, and bring us into eternally weighty glory, Jesus is much glorified in our lives. How blessed, then, is the usefulness of our many troubles and increasing neediness!