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The Waterfalls of Grace (2 Cor. 1:1-11) [Jay Thomas]
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What if Jesus asked you to sign blank sheet of paper as a promissory document. Your signature of commitment and nothing else. Jesus will fill in the rest and you must trust Him. Now, picture that the sentence "You will suffer for my Name" is on that paper. Will you sign it now?!? You and I would if we knew the trade-off. If we gave our certainty and strength to Jesus, and he gave us His sovereignty and strength in return, that would be quite worth it, yeah? Yeah! That is the promise of God. If we run hard after Jesus, we will live His life in miniature. And yet, it is worth it. Jesus went to the cross, but then He was crowned. That is true for his servant... you. And more! As we faithfully suffer for His name, Jesus equips us to help others by using our gospel growth to comfort them when they go through similar trials. That is even more worth it.
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