“… I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.” (Romans 8:18)
The word, “reckon,” as we use it today, is not the way it is used in our text. We use the word to mean, “I guess so,” “I hope so,” “perhaps so,” or, “I think so.”
But the word is a bookkeeping term meaning a reckoning has been made by calculation, looking at both the debit and credit sides of the ledger. Paul concludes in his reckoning of the facts of mankind’s suffering in this life and the glory for the Christian in future days that they are of no comparison.
Do you have ailments, sickness, body aches and other physical ailments? Good news! The total on both sides of the ledger has been calculated and the reckoning shows that the child of God is on the victory side.
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