“Yes, I’m telling you these things now, so that when they happen, you will remember I warned you…” (John 16:4 NLT).
He told you in His Word it probably wouldn’t be a rose garden.
Worth it? Yes. Truly enjoyable at all times? No.
He told you in His Word the road you’d travel would not be easy.
Straight and narrow? Yes. Easy? No.
He told you in His Word that every day would not be sunny.
That He is in control of every day? Yes. Bright all the time? No.
He told you if you lived for Him, you wouldn’t be the life of the party in the world’s eyes.
His? Yes. Pleasing to the world? No.
He told you health, wealth and happiness might not come your way.
Love, comfort and peace? Heaven? Eternity? Yes.
The life of leisure? No.
He warned us. He told us. He wrote to us. He spoke to our hearts. He has allowed us to watch testimonies being built from the ground up in the lives of saints and new believers.
Remember?
Malinda Edgell
Illinois
PRAY TOGETHER: Praise God for the freedom we Americans have in attending church. Remember the many who do not share this freedom.
