Too much teaching today is focused on
how to escape suffering. It leaves people unprepared to persevere. And that
leads people away from God. I am not a good shepherd of the Great Shepherd if I
do not prepare people to persevere. The perseverance message will never be as
popular as a false peace and worldly prosperity message. But it is God’s
message.
Let me prove that as simply as I can. Think of the Revelation, chapters 2 and 3. Jesus’ seven letters to the seven churches are for all of us. And each letter promises the blessings of God only to those who persevere through suffering, not to those trying to avoid, deny, escape, or ignore suffering. The message of perseverance is just as valid today as it was then. This is a first century message to a twenty first century people.
No comments:
Post a Comment