A MOMENT LIGHT AFFLICTION

"FOR OUR LIGHT AFFLICTION, WHICH IS BUT FOR A MOMENT, is working for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory."
2 Corinthians 4:17 (NKJV)

Comment: Apostle Paul referred to what they were passing through as a light affliction, that was for a moment. Whatever you are passing through in a bid to fulfil your assignment, do not magnify it, but see it as a light affliction. He also said, the Affliction is working for them exceeding and eternal weight of glory (2 Corinthians 4:17).
Do not try to do things that are easy, be willing and ready to endure, when the going gets tough and rough in the ministry work: "YOU THEREFORE MUST ENDURE HARDSHIP AS A GOOD SOLDIER OF JESUS CHRIST" (2 Timothy 2:3 NKJV).

The glory in the work you do for God is far exceedingly more than whatever you might be going through in a bid to fulfil the assignment or vision. This is the reason why Apostle Paul said whatever they were passing through was a light affliction. The reason being that the glory in the ministry work outweighs whatever suffering or effort you put into the work.
Note:
a. Cultivate the habit of not complaining or murmuring when you are having it rough in the work of the Kingdom or ministry: "NOR COMPLAIN, AS SOME OF THEM [the Israelites] ALSO COMPLAINED, AND WERE DESTROYED BY THE DESTROYER" (2 Corinthians 10:10 NKJV).
b. Do not look for a shortcut, a way to avoid whatever God would want you to pass through, because there is a purpose for it:
2 MY BRETHREN, COUNT IT ALL JOY WHEN YOU FALL INTO VARIOUS TRIALS, 3 KNOWING THAT THE TESTING OF YOUR FAITH PRODUCES PATIENCE. 4 BUT LET PATIENCE HAVE ITS PERFECT WORK, THAT YOU MAY BE PERFECT AND COMPLETE, LACKING NOTHING" (James 1:2-4 NKJV).
If you did, that is, you evaded the tests or afflictions, that would limit your progress and promotion in the ladder of leadership. In other words, be willing to pay the necessary Price needed for the fulfilment of your assignment or ministry: "BELOVED, DO NOT THINK IT STRANGE CONCERNING THE FIERY TRIAL WHICH IS TO TRY YOU, AS THOUGH SOME STRANGE THING HAPPENED TO YOU" (1 Peter 4:12 NKJV).
Peace.