Triumphant Over Affliction

2 Corinthians 4:8-10  

"We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, 

but not in despair; Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, 

but not destroyed; Always bearing about in the body 

the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of 

Jesus might be made manifest in our body." 

        Few men have been more conscious of their weakness than that of Apostle Paul. The earthly vessel had become very cracked and scratched, but the heavenly treasure was unimpaired, as in the case of Gideon, when the pitcher was broken the lantern shone out. Paul here confesses that he was troubled, perplexed, persecuted, and cast down, always bearing the scars of Jesus, and being perpetually delivered over to death. But he gratefully accepted all these disabilities because he knew that they gave greater opportunities to Jesus to show forth, through him, His resurrection power. With the daily decay of the outward, there came the renewal of the unseen and spiritual. It is only in proportion as we are conformed to the sufferings and death of Christ that we begin to realize the fullness of what He is, and what He can be or do through us. Our one thought must always be the glory of Christ in the salvation of others.
        Amen!

Reading: (2 Cor. 4: 7-18)
Ref: (HG SB)

May God Bless You 

And Your Family

Minister Robert Lail Sr.

The Cross Life Ministry