1 Peter 1:6-9. 6 In this you rejoice, though now for a little while, if necessary, you have been grieved by various trials, 7 so that the tested genuineness of
Learning to live by the indwelling life of Christ.
1 Peter 1:6-9. 6 In this you rejoice, though now for a little while, if necessary, you have been grieved by various trials, 7 so that the tested genuineness of
Proverbs 17:3. The crucible is for silver, and the furnace is for gold, and the Lord tests hearts. The crucible and the furnace test silver
It is in the wilderness that we find that Jesus is more precious to us than anything this temporal world can offer. It is in the wilderness that “to live is Christ.”
When your suffering makes you feel dead inside, let Jesus’ faithful love for you stir up your faithful love for him. Don’t desperately search for your love for him. Seek first his love for you. And then you might just find that you share that love. You’ll find out that your faith is real. You’ll know that “to live is Christ.”
Because we are in Christ the outcome of our faith is guaranteed and guarded by God himself. We cannot fail any more than Jesus himself has failed.
Exodus 17:1-7. All the congregation of the people of Israel moved on from the wilderness of Sin by stages, according to the commandment of the