"For so they hunted after the prophets who were before you," Matthew 5:12.
When we experience powerful tension between living in obedience to the Lord Jesus Christ, and struggling against enticements in the world's deceits, Jesus says: Nothing new here. When people seek to shame those obedient to the upward call, Jesus says: No worries. When they do harm to followers of Jesus, Jesus says: Be glad! Such strife between kingdoms of the world and of the sky has a long, long history. Remember Noah, an announcer of righteousness? Or, what about innocent Abel, killed by a jealous brother? Or ... the serpent in Eden's park slandering the Creator and Lover of human souls? Jesus says: Don't worry. Be happy. You've joined all the others in the sky kingdom before you!
With a brother or sister today, we yield our anxieties once again over to Jesus, we renew grateful trust in the Lord of sky and earth. Together we joy in the Lord's promise. We give thanks.
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