If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable.
I wrote out the above text maybe 2 weeks ago meaning to write upon it, however other things have gotten in the way….the world, my sin………..
Some time ago now I remembered this text and was pondering upon it, maybe around the time of the 30th December entry……I couldn’t do anything remotely spiritual, holding onto hope and faith only.
I remembered the text as; if in my life, I only had hope in Christ, then I was of all men most miserable.
I pondered upon it and found it to be true.
The unconverted person has their own pleasures and their own ways to stay from misery. The joys of this world.
The converted person has their joy in Christ, in prayer, in fellowship, in inner peace, all in an exercise of active faith.
Let that active faith slip though, as it does when we get caught up all too easily in the cares and pleasures of this world, and we are left holding only onto hope, then we are of all men most miserable. We have experienced joy in an active faith, but no longer, we find it difficult to pray, no comfort do we find in the scriptures, we find no joy in the world if we cannot get near to Jesus.
Hope – one word, if that is all we are left with, we may be most miserable, but still let your mind think upon hope. We hope in Christ…. How can we have hope in someone unless we believe in that someone? Believe and be saved.
