Today’s Thought “Void of Pain?” G. Ward

2 Corinthians 12

 ⁹ And He has said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for power is perfected in weakness.” Most gladly, therefore, I will rather boast about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may dwell in me.

The many sufferings in life have become taboo for discussion; victory for every moment is now the only acceptable trait to portray (cf. Jas.1:2-8). Pulpits exacerbate such, with prognostications of an entire year onto every hearer as definitively “greater than” any prior day (both materially and circumstantially) and while for the believer, dependence on Holy God as Shelter certainly grants our souls peace in His sovereignty, that faith depends (absolutely) on Divine assurance.

 Purveyors of appeasement (i.e., false teachers) love to hear shouts of acclamation from its audience, who will venture to leave such ecstatic praise so pervasive in the auditorium more spiritually ill-prepared for life’s difficulties than ever before and when trials come, they absolutely fall apart; even departing from a faithful God – who never promised sufferings wouldn’t plague His own, but guaranteed His presence, so endurance would be theirs.

 We ask; will you settle for eloquence over substance, or pursue the highest love relationship on His terms?