Deuteronomy 33:29 – “Happy are you, O Israel! Who is like you, a people saved by the Lord.”
The person who declares that Christianity makes men miserable is himself an utter stranger to it. Do you suppose that God will give all the happiness to His enemies and reserve all the mourning for His own family? Our Father lays the rod of discipline upon us in our measure, but it works for us the comfortable fruit of righteousness; and therefore by the help of the divine Comforter, we, a “people saved by the LORD,” will rejoice in the God of our salvation.
We are married to Christ; and will our great Bridegroom permit His spouse to linger in constant grief? Our hearts are knit to Him. We are His members, and though for a while we may suffer as our Head once suffered, yet even now we are blessed with heavenly blessings in Him. We have the promise of our inheritance in the comforts of the Spirit, which are neither few nor small. Inheritors of joy forever, we have foretastes of our portion.
There are streaks of the light of joy to herald our eternal sunrise. Our riches are beyond the sea; our city with firm foundations lies on the other side of the river; gleams of glory from the spirit-world cheer our hearts and urge us onward. So is it truly said of us, “Happy are you, O Israel! Who is like you, a people saved by the LORD.”
It’s a brand new day! Keep enjoying Kharis!
Pastor Josh Laryea