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Endure Unfair Affairs 22

[1 Pet 2:20-21]

/ Anne's Faith Column 

 

 

/ By Priscilla

 

 

“But how is it to your credit

if you receive a beating

for doing wrong and

endure it?

 

 

 

But if you suffer for doing

good and you endure it, this is

commendable before God

 

 

 

.To this you were called,

because Christ suffered

for you, leaving you

an example,

 

 

 

 that you should follow

in his steps.”

[1 Pet 2:20-21]

 

 

We who were once

sinners in the world!

 

 

 

We who were drifting

aimlessly without knowing

where to go by throwing

our bodies into the world!

 

 

 

However,

we received God's call

and have  saved without

cost by His grace.

 

 

 

Now, there is something

God wants those who

have become His children

of the bright world to do.

 

 

 

God wants us to do

good even when faced

with unfair things.

 

 

 

And God wants us

to imitate Jesus and

follow his steps

 

 

 

and endure and be

patient with the time

when we are distressed.

 

 

 

That's why we must

live by knowing the

will of God,  

 

 

 

that is, exactly

what the reason

is for being called.

 

 

 

This is because

it's the most beautiful

to trust in God and

obey by faith.

 

 

 

It is natural to have

punishment and

reward for sin.

 

 

 

But in some cases,

how many times has

the Christian life

of trying to be like

 

 

 

Jesus suffered from

the wrong gaze

of the world?  

 

 

 

When faced with

such an unfair thing,

the following scripture

comes to mind.

 

 

 

"The crucible for silver

and the furnace for gold,

but the LORD tests

the heart."

(Psalm 17 : 3)

 

 

 

-The LORD tests the heart.

This is absolutely right.

 

 

 

Think of Jesus' love

for us, who suffered

unjust work

to save humans

 

 

 

and finally endured

suffering and ridicule

to pay for it.

 

 

 

How can we forget

his great love that

showed us the example

 of faith by doing good!

 

 

 

Jesus sacrificed himself

on the cross because

he loved us immature,

 lacking and unrefined.

 

 

 

God sometimes allows us

to go through unfair things

in the world to train

His chosen children.

 

 

 

In other words,

He grants us trials

 in order to refine us.

 

 

 

How much patience

will it take to shape us

with the Lord's chisel

to make us beautiful

in the image of the Lord!

 

 

 

Also, at this time,

we can imagine how many

conflicts will follow us

 

 

 

as we endure the pain

of breaking our angular

character and the mental

distress that our ego

is shaved.

 

 

 

However, after the

process of pain has passed,

God's tests of the heart

will finally end.

 

 

 

Therefore, above all

- in 'Jesus Christ'

 

 

 

we must all do what

is good as He desires,

endure the sufferings

we are currently facing,

and race with patience.

 

 

 

The day when the glory

of God will come someday!

 

 

 

The day when we will enjoy

great joy in the kingdom

of God that cannot be

compared with the

current difficulties! 

 

 

 

On that day! 

The noonday sun for us

will shine so brightly.

 

 

 

We sincerely hope

that the day will come

to us in the future.

 

 

 

Also, our hearts will

fly like eagles with wings

of hope toward the

heavens of the Lord.

 

 

 

If you are currently

in the process of being

refined by the Lord like

gold being refined

in a furnace fire,

 

 

 

rather you should be

grateful for this precious

time of suffering that

 

 

 

you suffer through

the hammer and chisel

of the Lord who refines you. 

 

 

 

Recognizing the hand

of the Lord who is still

refining our egos,

 

 

 

we feel the severe pain

of breaking our angular

egos in one corner

of our hearts.

 

 

 

Although we are still

immature and not

aware of it, we must

go out with faith to

realize the heart of the

  Lord even more today.

 

 

 

Also, whenever we face

unfair things, we should

think of those as a process

of ego-breaking and seek

comfort, by following Jesus.

 

 

 

"May the God who gives

endurance and

 

 

 

encouragement give

you a spirit of unity

among yourselves

as you follow Christ Jesus,

 

 

 

so that with one heart

and mouth you may

glorify the God

 

 

 

and Father of our

Lord Jesus Christ."

(Rom 15 : 5-6)

 

 

 

 

"But how is it to your

credit if you receive

a beating for doing wrong

and endure it?

 

 

 

But if you suffer for

doing good and you

endure it, this is

commendable

before God. !

 

 

 

To this you were called,

because Christ suffered

for you, leaving you

an example,

 

 

 

that you should

follow in his steps."

[1 Peter 2 : 20-21] 

 

 

Prayer

 

 

Thank you God.

You've made each one of us

realize the deep meaning

of patience and the will

of you God.

 

 

 

Like gold refined

in a furnace fire...

 

 

 

When you test our hearts,

help each one of us not

to be discouraged. 

 

 

 

When faced with unfair

things, help each one of us

not to have our hearts

stolen!

 

 

 

Rather, please let us

have each one of us

a hope that we can

endure even in

harsh environments!

 

 

Amen.

 

 

 

2008/10/19

 

 

/ By Priscilla