2 Timothy 3:10-12 (KJV)
“10 But thou hast fully known my doctrine, manner of life, purpose, faith, longsuffering, charity, patience,
11 Persecutions, afflictions, which came unto me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra; what persecutions I endured: but out of them all the Lord delivered me.
12 Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution.”
This is packed with content; could even be another book in itself. Our lives are a narrative; it is in our story that Jesus is present and active. It is as He delivers us we encounter His love, instruction, and, covenant commitment to be with us through it all even to the ends of the world.
Being hooked up to Jesus does not end our suffering. His loving and caring presence secures us in it, through it, and out the other side of it, and becomes a tenacity that cannot let go; He is Emanuel (God with us). “…but out of them all the Lord delivers us.”
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