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The fulness of the cup,
running over, has a double significance. It is a cup of joy and a
cup of sorrow, and in both respects it overflows. He who would
partake of the joys of the Lord must also partake of His cup of
suffering; we must suffer with Him if we would reign with Him. But
we count the sufferings of this present time as not worthy to be
compared with the glories that shall be revealed in us, and hence we
are enabled to rejoice in tribulation, so that as the tribulations
will overflow, the rejoicing likewise overflows, and with the
Apostle we can say, Rejoice, and again I say,
Rejoice! |
