"If
with heart and soul you’re doing good, do you think you can be stopped?
Even if you suffer for it, you’re still better off. Don’t give the
opposition a second thought. Through thick and thin, keep your hearts at
attention, in adoration before Christ, your Master."
Life never operates according to the calendar. We try to plan and hope that things will happen according to the time-frames that we envisage - but that seldom ever happens. Ever. The reason for this is because we cannot completely control what happens, that's GOD's job.
Regardless of this fact, we still try.
What we read above tells us that even if we do good stuff, life may not proceed according to our plans. There is an incorrect world philosophy that says "if you do good things, good things will happen to you". The problem with this egocentric take is that it puts the perception of absolute control into our hands... and we know that we can never have absolute control, again, that's GOD's responsibility.
What we read above tells us that even if we do good stuff, life may not proceed according to our plans. There is an incorrect world philosophy that says "if you do good things, good things will happen to you". The problem with this egocentric take is that it puts the perception of absolute control into our hands... and we know that we can never have absolute control, again, that's GOD's responsibility.
Here's an awesome quote to chew on...
"The purpose of {Christianity} is not to avoid difficulty, but to produce a character adequate to meet it when it comes. It does not make life easy; rather it tries to make us great enough for life."
James Christensen