"His Voice Today"
December 11
🔸️ Do not forget that the way of devotion to God is the way of suffering! 🔸️
"Everyone who wants to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted"
(2Timothy 3:12).
When the Lord Jesus said to His disciples, He firmly told that they would suffer in this World (John 16:33). That is why, when He prayed for His disciples, He prayed... "Father, I’m not asking you to take them out of the world, but to keep them safe from the evil one." (John 17:15). Further, when the Apostles preached to their believers, they taught that "they could enter into the kingdom of God only through many hardships" (Acts 14:22).
Further when Jesus said, "If the head of the house has been called Beelzebul, how much more it's certain that the members of the house be called like that?" (Matthew 10:25). You see, we could find out whether we are His faithful household or not, with these signs (slander)! In my lifetime, many believers called me "the devil" "son of the devil" "man possessed by demon" "murderer"! It is a great privilege for us to be identified as the household of Jesus! Today, all those who serve the Lord faithfully, surely have this shameful experience!!
Jesus said "It is certainly true that people honour me and other prophets in other places, but not in our hometowns!" (Mark 6:4). Any true prophet will be ignored and dishonoured off by his own relatives and by the people of his own town! Similarly, Apostle Paul said, "a true Apostle will be slandered and will be considered to be worthless, as though they are the garbage and a rubbish heap" (1Corin. 4:13).... Persecution and neglects are God's designated role for many mighty servants of God!
Prayer:
Our loving Father! The way our Lord Jesus walked in this World was the way of suffering! Give us the grace to walk in that path with joy! In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, Amen.
Author:
Brother Zac Poonen
Translated version of the Tamil "Family Meditation Book".
From:-
https://t.me/hisvoicetoday
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