Living the Christian life is not easy. Suffering goes hand in hand with future
glory. This is a hard fact to face
because we don’t like suffering. We want
life to be easy, but to receive the gain; we must go through the struggle.
Just like a marathon runner must train and
discipline himself physically, then run the grueling race to receive the prize
at the end, so too it is for us in our spiritual life.
The preparation for future glory with Christ requires
the training of our character and what better shapes our character than trials.
Within the trials we face, we learn patience and endurance which leads to an outcome
of a hope that is not based on the temporal, but on the eternal.
Christ has gone before us and He is our hope
and our glory. Keep your eyes on Him,
the author and perfecter of our faith.
“And we know that for those who love God all things work
together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose. For those whom he fore knew he also
predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be
the firstborn among many brothers. And those whom he predestined he also
called, and those whom he called he also justified, and those whom he justified
he also glorified.” Romans 8: 28-30
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