Dear friend,
If you know the thought that God has towards you who are in Christ, you would often resort to Him in your pilgrimage.
Our pilgrimage is full of temptations, as the evil one with all his cohorts constantly wage war against us. Like the Apostle Paul, we may, at times, be tempted to become discouraged because the enemies seem so strong and we subject to their powers. To be among criminals, time and again, according to the judgment of those who have God's authority over us, must have often caused the Apostle Paul to wonder if he was indeed like one of them. He must have often "encouraged himself in the Lord his God."
For what reason are we suffering and called "criminals"? Is it for the cause of Christ, His Kingdom and Righteousness? If so, then we are doing the will of God, as He has revealed to us in His Word. We need not be discouraged, but pressed on in well-doing. "In my distress I called upon the Lord, and cried unto my God: he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, even into his ears."
When all our ways are blocked, we discover that the way upwards is always open. We dial '999' when we are at the lost of what else to do. May we dial heaven at 'Jer 33:3' when we are at our wit's end: "Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not."
How are we know that the Lord is good if we pray so little in life? "Pray without ceasing."
Do read the Holy Scriptures for yourselves in the free Daily Light on Daily Path for this day at http://soshine.blogspot.com/2007/09/daily-light-on-daily-path-october.html#Oct29E.
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