When It Comes To Killing

Life And Death! They Seem Like Complete Opposites-at Great Enmity With Each Other. But For Paul-and For All Who Share His Faith-there Is A Unity, Because The Same Great Passion Is Fulfilled In Both-namely, That Christ Be Magnified In This Body-our Bodies-whether By Life Or By Death.

'worship' Is The Term We Use To Cover All The Acts Of The Heart And Mind And Body That Intentionally Express The Infinite Worth Of God. This Is What We Were Created For, As God Says In Isaiah 43:7, Everyone Who Is Called By My Name, And Whom I Have Created For My Glory. That Means That We Were All Created For The Purpose Of Expressing The Infinite Worth Of God's Glory. We Were Created To Worship.

Life Is Not A Straight Line Leading From One Blessing To The Next And Then Finally To Heaven. Life Is A Winding And Troubled Road. Switchback After Switchback. And The Point Of Biblical Stories Like Joseph And Job And Esther And Ruth Is To Help Us Feel In Our Bones (not Just Know In Our Heads) That God Is For Us In All These Strange Turns. God Is Not Just Showing Up After The Trouble And Cleaning It Up. He Is Plotting The Course And Managing The Troubles With Far-reaching Purposes For Our Good And For The Glory Of Jesus Christ.

In All The Setbacks Of Your Life As A Believer, God Is Plotting For Your Joy.

If You Don’t Know God As Beautiful And Satisfying, You Don’t Know Him.