So, what do you do when you do the best you can to live the life Christ has called us to live, no, I mean really try hard with all your ability to be like Him, and you begin to experience immense pain? Come on Pastor, when we follow Jesus, we are not to experience pain are we? On the contrary, pain will become a companion in your walk, but it’s how you handle the pain. Do you accept it as something that has defeated you or do you see it as a constant source that you can walk through and over by the power of the Holy Spirit? People often say to me I’ve been hurt more by Christians than by people lost and in the world. I have to answer that by saying, yes, I also have experienced more pain from Brothers and Sisters in Christ than the lost in the world. Many times this is why, Jesus said if they done it to Him, they will also do it to us. Let’s just make it real, have you ever washed 24 dirty feet? And then in less than 3 hours later all 12 of your closes companions have forsaken you? Have you ever been denied, betrayed, given up as a sacrifice? Ok, you say, I got the point, but what is the point? Be like Jesus, do it anyway.
But where do you Get all your strength? I have never known anyone to be so strong.