By Jenni Ingram
Member, First Baptist Church, Gantt
Is the Word of God alive? Yes it is.
Let me tell you how I know and how Jesus has proven it to me. I have read the Bible all the way through several times and each time I read it, something pops out at me that I never saw before. Maybe it is a verse that I have underlined already, but it seems to have a different application at different times in my life. For example, I was reading Romans 8:17 today: “Now if we are children, then we are heirs — heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in His sufferings in order that we may also share in His glory.” Now I had underlined this before and I remember underlining it for the part about being heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, thinking about how that glory will be incredible.
However, today the last part of that hit me — “if indeed we share in His sufferings.” Hmmm … I missed that part before. So as I am told in Hebrews 12:1, “Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us.”
There are many sufferings in this world. There is pain, financial distress, health issues — so many more but I have limited words here. The point is, no one is exempt from suffering, but we have a living, relevant, potent resource available to us in God’s love letter to us — Scripture. Then, at the end of our race, we will meet our Heavenly Father and celebrate the finish line — in glory.
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