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In Christ, Mark
The scriptures. May God bless the reading of His holy word.
In Christ, Mark
The scriptures. May God bless the reading of His holy word.
Do not let
your heart envy sinners, but always be zealous for the fear of the Lord. There
is surely a future hope for you, and your hope will not be cut off.
Proverbs
23:17-18
This ends this reading from God's holy word.
Thanks be to God.
NOTE:
Will be at sea for the next two weeks and may be off the grid. If I can post, I
will. If not, I will begin posting again as soon as I get to where I have
connectivity.
The
Christian walk is not an easy journey because life isn’t an easy journey. This
is something all believers need to keep in mind.
Choosing
to dedicate yourself to the Lord, offering yourself as a living sacrifice,
doesn’t somehow usher you into some magical existence that is free from
suffering or pain or hardship or peril. Life still happens.
Given
this, there can be times in the midst of life’s circumstances when we may feel
envious of others who seemingly are going through life trouble-free. We might
also find confusion intertwined with that envy when we know that the people
experiencing plenty in the midst of our want are not believers and rejecting
the very Lord we have faithfully obligated ourselves to. In the midst of those
emotions, the word of God as found in Solomon’s 15th saying of the thirty
“Sayings of the Wise” enters in:
Do not let your heart envy sinners, but always be zealous
for the fear of the Lord. There is surely a future hope for you, and your hope
will not be cut off. Proverbs 23:17-18
Did you
catch the “do not” statement as we continue our series of devotions on this
theme?
“Do not”
let your heart envy sinners.
Why?
Because
there is a future hope for all those who hold a deep reverent respect and
devotion to the only One who can save them from death and the grave. And it’s
that hope that keeps us going on when life gets rough for when the going gets
tough, the tough, those who are strong in the Lord, keep going. There is no
quit in those who are in the Lord because they serve a Lord who never quits.
This should always drive us to a consistent and persistent zealousness for the
Lord - for all He has been, for all He is, and for all He is yet to be.
The
Christian walk may be difficult but there is no more exciting, thrilling way to
live. To commune and walk with the Lord through good times and bad should bring
us to a passionate, unrivaled enthusiasm and zest for life, buoyed up by the
faith and hope in Jesus which promises us a day when we will be free from
hardship and difficulty and disease and infirmity and sin, a day when we will
be living in the light and love of the Father and the Son forever more.
Yes
friends, there is a great future hope for all those who are in Christ Jesus, a
hope that can never be cut off. Let us rejoice and be glad in that, allowing
the joy of the Lord to be our strength through whatever life brings.
Life is
tough but the Lord is tougher. Remember that and stay the course no matter
what.
Amen.
In
Christ,
Mark
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Mark
PS: Please share this with anyone you feel might be blessed by it.
Send any prayer requests to OurChristianWalk@aol.com
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