November 21, 2009

• "weep as though you were not weeping"

  Check out this passage once again:  how awesome it is:

  ^{1 Corinthians 7:29-31}
  "But this I say, brethren, the time has been shortened, so that from now on those who have wives should be as though they had none; and those who weep, as though they did not weep; and those who rejoice, as though they did not rejoice; and those who buy, as though they did not possess; and those who use the world, as though they did not make full use of it; for the form of this world is passing away."

  It is easier to "weep as though you were not weeping" when you are simultaneously struggling to "rejoice as if you were not rejoicing", I've found...    how about you?   It's easier when you have emotions pulling at you from both sides, not just the "sad" side or the "happy" side...    But of course God's call here remains the same whether it is easy or hard...

  ...because we have such a GREAT JOY set before us...

  "Therefore, since we have so great a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, let us also lay aside every encumbrance and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, fixing our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God." Hebrews 12:1-2

  ...and because we are "just passing through" this world temporarily...

  "For here we do not have a lasting city, but we are seeking the city which is to come." Hebrews 13:14

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