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Dear Fellow Struggler
Some, however, made fun of them and said, �They have had too much wine.� Acts 2:13 NIV
The first church just couldn't be understood. Filled with the Holy Spirit, they began to act as they never had before. In addition to being able to tell the gospel in languages they had not learned, they were also overflowing with joy, in spite of their persecutions, that the world could not comprehend. They were seen as fools! Fools for Jesus!
Such is the life of a Christian.
Dear fellow struggler, this world is not our own. In this world we will have trials and temptations. (If you are like me, you feel as though you have received your share and more.) This life will throw us some curves we didn't expect. Yet, through it all, we can rejoice! Through every storm of life, we can have the peace of God which goes beyond all our troubles.
No, the lost world cannot understand it, how we, the soldiers of the cross can have joy during darkness; stren gth in times of weakness; internal wealth in times of external poverty; victory in times of defeat. It makes no sense to the veiled mind and heart how our struggles seem to produce more hope. They cannot fathom our dependence upon our Holy God!
But, we are fools-- fools for Christ! He is the answer to every question of life. He is our truth!
And when the final page in this history of time has come and Christ returns for His reign of glory, it will be us, the fools of Christ, who will join Him in victory! He will have proven the foolish to be wise!
The first church just couldn't be understood. Filled with the Holy Spirit, they began to act as they never had before. In addition to being able to tell the gospel in languages they had not learned, they were also overflowing with joy, in spite of their persecutions, that the world could not comprehend. They were seen as fools! Fools for Jesus!
Such is the life of a Christian.
Dear fellow struggler, this world is not our own. In this world we will have trials and temptations. (If you are like me, you feel as though you have received your share and more.) This life will throw us some curves we didn't expect. Yet, through it all, we can rejoice! Through every storm of life, we can have the peace of God which goes beyond all our troubles.
No, the lost world cannot understand it, how we, the soldiers of the cross can have joy during darkness; stren gth in times of weakness; internal wealth in times of external poverty; victory in times of defeat. It makes no sense to the veiled mind and heart how our struggles seem to produce more hope. They cannot fathom our dependence upon our Holy God!
But, we are fools-- fools for Christ! He is the answer to every question of life. He is our truth!
And when the final page in this history of time has come and Christ returns for His reign of glory, it will be us, the fools of Christ, who will join Him in victory! He will have proven the foolish to be wise!
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