When I was a young believer, over 20 years ago, I would go through seasons of pain in great difficulty, what we were called valleys.

I would cry. I would weep. I would beg God to get me out.

And sometimes I've gone through things so painful.

That it almost seems unbearable to live.

It almost seems that you lose hope wondering, would this change?

Will God respond?

Will he change my season or my circumstance?

Some of us know pain like that.

But after two decades of walking with the Lord,

I've learned something theologically.

Two things.

One, seasons like that will come back for me again and they will come back for you again

because pain and suffering and hardship and trial unfortunately it is a part of the human experience.

And the more mature I grew in the Lord, and the more I kept reading these holy scriptures,

the more I came to this revelation, that the answer for the sufferings

of this life and the pain of my heart, the ultimate answer is not tomorrow.

The ultimate answer is Maranatha.

We are so attached to this life that we think our real hope is a better next week.

Or a better next year.

But the more you bury yourself in this book, you realize that your Savior has gone to prepare.

A place for you.

And that when we look across the sufferings of humanity,

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