Oop, looks like back to school for the kids here this morning. But, they are off on Thursday and Friday for parent-teacher confs. Sometimes it just works out that way. If we had in Christ every happy event or fortuitous circumstance, then our witness would be easy. If only in Jesus did we find perfect health and showers of wealth, then truly the lines for the baptism service would be lengthy. If the name of Christian went with all the good things we desire in the flesh, then doors on the church building would be superfluous for all the traffic coming and going from the world. In this world, Christians struggle with finances, education, work, disease, trauma, death, separation, divorce, and all the other issues that is the common lot. Sometimes it works out that a brother in Christ is wealthy. Other times it may work out that a sister in Christ enjoys seemingly perfect health. But more often than not, suffering seems our lot.
We are not made better than the unbeliever by guaranteed health and wealth. Many times it seems those most opposed to the good news of Christ also enjoy the material benefits of this world. Our joy in this life must spring from something better, something more lasting than the benefits this world pays. For it is also true that the wealthiest and healthiest also may suffer the worries of how easily health and wealth can depart from anyone in this world. We live in this life but one twinge or pain away from a dreadful diagnosis. We store up a little wealth, and 'poof!' it is gone in a flash. What we must do is thank God for the good things we enjoy today. Tomorrow, all may be changed for the better, or, for the worse, we cannot know today. Trust God for today, and trust Him even more for tomorrow.
God bless and keep you,Bucky
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