Are you ready to suffer for Christ?
Not just the great suffering and martyr’s death but the little
annoyances.
And most of all, the low opinion of the people around you.
The jokes, the rumors and the lies.
The persecution and the prejudice.
“My dear brother, we must not mind a little suffering for Christ’s sake.
When I am getting through a hedge, if my head and shoulders are safely through,
I can bear the pricking of my legs. Let us rejoice in the remembrance that our
holy Head has surmounted all His suffering and triumphed over death. Let us
follow Him patiently; we shall soon be partakers of His victory.”
Charles Simeon
Can you accept the persecution and opposition and slander and misunderstanding?
The disappointment and self-recrimination and weakness.
And danger as the normal portion of faithful life for Christ?
“Be patient in tribulation.”
Romans 12:12
How to grow downward in humility and upward in adoration of Christ?
How not to yield to the bitterness or to the temptation?
In our disappointments and discouragements as Christians there is a
great power for perseverance.
We need inspiration from one another.
We need to keep before us the lives of people who surmounted great
obstacles in obedience to God’s call by God’s grace.
“Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for
theirs is the kingdom of heaven.”
Matthew 5:10
This post is part of Thursday Devotionals series. Right now it is going through the life, work and faith of Charles Simeon.
Would you like to read the first part, Are You Ready To Suffer For Christ?
You might also enjoy the second part of the series, Growing Downward.
I also recommend the thrird part for the children of this generation called, All Consuming Interest.
The fourth part is called, Peace Flowed In Rich Abundance.
If you have not yet read the fifth part , This Sweet Hope.
Take some time to read the sixth part also, Blessed Are The Peacemakers.
Hope you will enjoy reading the seventh part, A Double Blessing To Your Ministry.
Are you willing for, A Little Suffering For Christ's Sake.
I also recommend the thrird part for the children of this generation called, All Consuming Interest.
The fourth part is called, Peace Flowed In Rich Abundance.
If you have not yet read the fifth part , This Sweet Hope.
Take some time to read the sixth part also, Blessed Are The Peacemakers.
Hope you will enjoy reading the seventh part, A Double Blessing To Your Ministry.
Are you willing for, A Little Suffering For Christ's Sake.
