Not access only, but transformation at length into the likeness and glory of God. It may seem ofttimes that the present gains of faith in Christ are not very great. But this is not the end. There is a future in which there shall be compensation for earth’s ills and losses to all who are in Christ. We are some day to be like Christ, and to be with Him in glory.
Here is a man journeying along a lonely road at night. The storm beats about him. He is weary and faint, but in his heart there is the vision of a beautiful and happy home to which he is going. Loved ones are there, waiting for him. There he will find shelter from the storm, food for his hunger, rest to relieve his weariness. This vision of happiness a little way before him makes him forget the hardness and discomfort of the journey. So it is that the “hope of the glory of God” should cheer us as we move through the world’s darkness and sorrow and trial.