It is written in the Word of God: “For we know that the whole creation groans and labors with birth pangs together until now” (Romans 8:22).

This word is especially for you who thinks this: “It seems as if I don’t get anywhere in life. It seems that all my efforts are in vain.” We know that when a woman is pregnant, she is filled with hope and dreams. She imagines the baby’s possible names and whether the child will be more like her or the father. And the pregnancy begins. What separates “pregnancy” from the “child already being born” are “birth pangs”. In other words, the mother will have to endure labour pains. The labour pains separate the woman from fulfilling her dream of being a mother. And that’s what we’re living today with humanity.

Paul talks about a period “in the middle” between two things. That’s what we experience today. When God created the world, He dreamt. He put the man and the woman in the Garden and said everything was theirs. God brought the man to be part of the Creation with Him, just like a father who owns a business and transfers the company to his son. However, everything happened in such a way that today’s world lives in labour pains because of rebellion and human disobedience. So, the Earth, nature, people, and everything is troubled in a difficult pregnancy. In the end, in Revelation, you will see that things will still get worse, but for those who remain in faith, when the labour pains are over, and this child is born, they will see the joy. Just as the mother is happy and forgets the pain she was feeling in childbirth, it will be when we enter the New Heaven, the New Earth. It is what God has prepared for those who have been faithful to Him amid these pains.

I have good and bad news for you. The bad news is that we live in an imperfect world, so this situation will not change. The good news is that we will persevere until the end because we will get there. God is preparing us for a new Heaven and Earth. It’s worth persevering. Manage the difficulties with your eyes on the perfect One. Think about it by following the video above.