4/08/19

Isaiah 24:15 KJV

¹⁵ Wherefore glorify ye the Lord in the fires, even the name of the Lord God of Israel in the isles of the sea.

Most well informed Christians know that they can suffer for their faith.  The time and the circumstances are of course mysteries.  The question most often is I don’t know if I can do what I should.  What we can know is His grace is sufficient.  The one who gives grace to live must be our assurance of grace sufficient to suffer.  If the power of temptation is understood the prevailing sufficiency of grace becomes all the more dependable.

The providence of God does not always demand that a particular believer must suffer physically.  There are many different ways of suffering other than danger or pain.  The loss of a loved one can be extremely debilitating.  Families break up and individuals lose their way in life.

Sudden loss of fortune or a dwelling place can overwhelm and defeat a person.  Christians experience these losses but their reactions to them do usually differ.  The support of friends and the grace that is always present is sufficient to sustain the believer.

As an older believer there is the question of what will I do when the time comes?  I have always received living grace.  I am confident of dying grace.