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John 16:33 gives us full disclosure to our righteous lives here on earth. It says, “These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.” God’s full disclosure of life here on earth eliminates the element of surprise and enables us to focus on four right responses to the inevitable suffering of the righteous.
Last week I encouraged you to think correctly about God when you survey your past, and that means to focus on Who God is while you review what happened to you. Below are two suggestions to help you clarify your view of God as well as two questions that enable us to categorize our past correctly.
Our past is powerful! Whether good or bad, it affects our present day lives. It is imperative that we learn how to respond right to our past, and the Bible teaches that it is possible to do this. I’m going to take the next few posts to help us respond right to our past with a series I’m calling “Finding Hope when We Look in the Rearview Mirror of our Lives.”
Many think salvation is just about heaven and it doesn’t affect life now. However, our salvation should affect us tremendously. The key question I want to pose to you is: considering your beautiful inheritance in Christ, what ought you to do? The answer: set your hope fully on the future grace brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ. But how are you to do so? Peter specifies two ways: preparing your minds for action and being sober-minded.
Affliction makes you cherish your relationships. You begin to value your relationships more. Your heart is encouraged that you have people you can lean on in times of trouble and people who genuinely love you and are delighted to support you…
