“Consider him who endured such opposition from
sinful men, so that you will not grow weary and lose
heart.” Hebrews 12:3 NIV
Consider.
Ponder. Reflect. Contemplate.
We don’t do much of these and I believe that’s just the way the devil
likes it. The less we think about what
we do, the more likely it is that we will get stuck in some difficult and
discouraging ruts.
We should expect difficulty because Jesus
faced strong opposition in his pursuit of living to please the Father in a
broken and selfish world. For sure, we
will get wonderful tastes of kingdom life while we live on this planet. We will enjoy samples of what it will be like
to live in God’s presence forever. The
more we learn to trust God, the greater our experience will be, even in the
middle of this broken world.
But it is this broken world that can
discourage us and derail us. It can
cause us to “grow weary and lose heart.”
Our best defense against this is to take time to ponder Christ’s
life. He went through persecution and
loneliness and dealt with stubborn disciples because the eternal gain was worth the struggle. This week, set aside some quiet time to
ponder what Christ went through for you.
Renew your belief that these battles against sin and suffering are worth
fighting and that he wants to give you his strength to fight them.
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