Are you tired? Are you dreading the start of the day, where you take your place in the game? I am seriously not meaning to detract from your sincerity, when I say that what you are feeling is a good thing! Are your eyes open to the double face of society? Does the hypocrisy wear you down? Good for you. Do you feel as if you cannot keep up? Congratulations. Does the competition spark a conviction that you are not good enough? Even better. To be able to get ahead by reason of pretensions, pride, and slanderous gossip is the method reserved for those without conscience.
You are being schooled in a better way. Jesus is calling us to be a warrior for the truth of His name. Each time the gospel, the good news, is shared, the Lord has won a battle.
"There is a price to pay! The world turns dim and gray." It is a blessing to be, for His sake, rejected in the here and now. It is a blessing to be hurt and bewildered. It is good to not be fulfilled by things that cannot satisfy. He is instilling in us desires that only He can bring completion to. "Rejoice and be exceedingly glad", for the Lord rewards, those who are His, from His own hand. He personally, holds and comforts the disowned, the disenfranchised, the lost innocents who cry out to Him. It is a compelling of the heart, His to ours. There is no harm that His pure presence cannot heal. It is the ultimate justification of our needs (for Him) and our efforts (for Him) to find our rest and perfect peace in Him.
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