I fill up in my flesh what is still lacking in regard to Christ’s afflictions. — Colossians 1:24
(Continued from yesterday.)
What is lacking?
Let me suggest that two answers:
1. Contact. None of us wants to suffer, but our suffering grabs the complacency of this world by the throat and demands a response. Some cannot yet measure by the cross, but they can measure love by the price we pay.
2. Participation. Every time we lay down our wants and say, "Not my will but Yours be done," we enter into fellowship with the Christ who died for us. Jesus suffered alone. But, because He suffered, we will never suffer alone. And His entrance into our sufferings changes us forever.
Be encouraged!
Dwight
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