Presenting ...
... a weekly letter of encouragement.
Singapore
September 13, 1995
Good Morning!
QUESTION: "At what point do I fold up my
tent and discontinue the pilgrimage with Christ?"
Paul, castigated by the very folks he had brought to Christ, set
forth the cost of his private pilgrimage:
Judged by his fellow believers
Condemned to death
A spectacle to others
A fool for Christ
Weak
Without honor
Hungry and thirsty
Poorly clothed
Roughly treated
Homeless
Toiled with his own hands
Reviled
Persecuted
Slandered
Viewed as the scum and dregs of the earth (I Corinthians 4:3-5,
9-13)
HOW COULD HE POSSIBLY SURVIVE? Simply because he
was able to view the temporal in light of the eternal:
"This is the reason we never collapse. The
outward man does indeed suffer wear and tear, but every day the
inward man receives fresh strength.
"These little troubles (which are really so transitory)
are winning for us a permanent, glorious and solid reward out
of all proportion to our pain.
"We are looking...not at the visible things but at
the invisible. The visible are transitory: It is the invisible
things that are really permanent." (II Corinthians
4:16 - 18 Phillips Translation)
SO HANG IN THERE - ETERNITY IS JUST ONE HEARTBEAT AWAY!
My prayer is that you are having a great week!
Dwight Hill
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