Living for Christ

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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