Our trials on this earth keep us yearning for our heavenly home where there is no more pain, suffering, grief or tears, and no memories of the troubles that produced them. That assurance gives us a very real sense of peace above the limen, simultaneously with severe troubles below.
We should never lose sight of the ultimate consequence of our choosing to walk with God holding us by our right hand throughout life—where He is, there we will be also (“aEerward you will take me into glory” Psalm 73:24). No wonder Paul makes this comparison about the things below the limen and those above: “For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all” (2 Corinthians 4 :17). Heaven is a reality just as much as this world is.
Above the limen is a contemporaneous reality that far outweighs that which is beneath the limen. Our trials are preparing us for a future eternity in heaven which is far more wonderful than we are capable of imagining (2 Corinthians 2:9-10), and where there is no more strife, pain, stress, tears, or death (Revelation 21:4). The presence of the Holy Spirit abiding in us is the guarantee that this reality will be ours (2 Corinthians 5:5). Moreover, the reality above the limen that simultaneously exists with the reality of the troubles below, consists of God’s constant tender love and mercies for us in our most fragile state. This reality above the limen is for all who claim it (2 Peter 3:9). So, in exchange for us casting our anxieties on him (1 Peter 5:7), all of us can daily have Christ’s peace (John 14:7), a peace that transcends understanding. We now eagerly await eternity above the limen where we have been fixing our gaze as we face our “light and momentary” troubles with our hand in His, here below.
