Today’s Thought “Exempt from Troubles?” G. Ward

John 15

²⁰ Remember the word that I said to you, ‘A slave is not greater than his master.’ If they persecuted Me, they will persecute you as well; if they followed My word, they will follow yours also.

 

While every disciple, including tumultuous deaths from the Apostles – culminated by our Lord Jesus’ greatest persecution unto death, would incur great trials from so many; even that to which included social degradation, political oppression, racism and monetary depletion, now witness a national culture found so prevalent for our society that says, avoid what every generation of man has been exposed, to now think on this as achievable is subverting Truth and delusional(!).

What our LORD would represent is stalwart character that would absolutely trust in the Father’s care beyond those adjectival descriptors aforementioned. Moreover, HIS Word demands we “count it joy” when these difficulties persist – because they’ll surely guide our consciences to run to HIS Shelter which will never relent (cf. Jas. 1:2-4). Believing these actualities means disallowing secular penetration of anything lacking eternal merit.