Romans 5:2

Romans 5:2. By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.

Oh, what a comfort this is, to be rejoicing, especially, to be rejoicing in hope. It is better on before, there may be clouds and darkness here, but we can see the sunlight breaking yonder; "until the day break and the shadows flee away," we will make hope to be our bright candle of the Lord. We "rejoice in the hope of the glory of God, and not only so." When we once get into God’s house, we rise higher in it, we go up another pair of stairs. "Not only so," though that seems to be enough, to be rejoicing in the hope of the glory of God, and to have access into his grace, and to have peace with him because we are justified, but it is not only so, but "we glory in tribulations also." We transform our troubles into gladness and glorying, we get spiritually enriched by tribulation.