It is a common teaching from pulpits today that Christians ought to seek a life of comfort, ease, and prosperity. The idea is that because one is a Christian, God thus promises the Christian calm seas on the pilgrimage through life. And, moreover, because Christians are God's people then they ought to have expectations of comfort; one should seek the comfortable pilgrimage. But is that really true? Is that the proper understanding of the Christian life?
Isaac Watts asks this very question in his hymn "Am I a Soldier of the Cross?" In stanza 2, he says, "Must I be carried to the skies on flowery beds of ease, while others fought to win the prize, and sailed through bloody seas?" Isn't the reality that God does not promise calm seas, but only that we will reach port safely! He does not promise us a wealthy, prosperous, easy, comfortable pilgrimage; he only gives his word that we will arrive safely. The truth is that many of us, if not all of us, will go through the crucible of life. And the question is, how will we respond to the fiery ordeal?
Subscribe To Receive Email Updates
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment