Lenten study 2007 - Day seven
February 28, 2007
Colossians 3:3 (Continued): For you have died and your life is hidden with Christ in God
Author Patrick O’Brian says this about the harsh life of the foremast jack in the Age of Sail: The seaman were used to their hard life, and what they were used to they liked. I have gotten quite used to my life in this world, and I confess that I like it, not that I won’t like my eternal life better, but that the known, with all its problems, is less threatening than life in another dimension.
Philippians 1:21 My confident hope is that I will in no way be ashamed but that with complete boldness, even now as always, Christ will be exalted in my body, whether I live or die. 1:21 For to me, living is Christ and dying is gain.
These words by Paul seem to up the ante. He sees a life of service that intimately connects with his life after his death. Christ lives through him while is alive and will receive him when he dies for even greater gain.
Do I have that kind of confidence?
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