It is both gratifying and satisfying to realize our gifts fully, first by finding out what they are, and then by feeling the meaning embodied in giving them away. Fulfillment is achieved, even in weakness, this way. What God has so generously and unstintingly bestowed, is to be passed on, in His Name, to His everlasting glory.
Despite what we may see as our good intentions, we have an adversary, who would deliberately misunderstand and twist perceptions and the visible results of our works. We will be made aware of the enemy's hostility by virtue of desperate circumstance and degrading, contemptuous social context. He fights the revealing of the glory of The Lord, which he covets for himself.
Yet this is the very time that we will find our surest, firmest voice of truth, that we can shine His brightest light through us. It is but opportunity to act out the gospel message, to live and breath the vast difference between the prince of this world and the Prince of Peace! As we provide witness, give our sure defense to the truth of what we confess, this good news also provides our ONLY defense against "a crooked and perverse generation." This Redeemer is our reason, our excuse, our motivation, our support. His words on our lips are our helmet and shield. We will stand upon The Rock, our Foundation, and will not fall. He is our Bulwark and Refuge from the lies. We will encounter every shading of misrepresentation OF us, so as to use us, confuse us, and if it were possible, to defuse us! Yet His Word defends us with the truth of our righteousness in Christ alone! Even when we are overcome by our own weakness, His love is stronger still and acts as our Intercessor and Mediator. He is our sure defense!
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