Have there been times when you have been labeled, “that guy” to others because of your faith? Have you faced ‘scorn and derision’ from those around you as it reads in Psalm 44:13? We all face difficulties in life, but not always because (as Christians) we are doing something wrong. We may, in fact, be doing something right.
Suffering is not necessarily a result of disobedience to the King. Rather it may be a result of following him.
As believers, we can be encouraged by Paul’s words in Romans 8:35-37 when he asks if anything can separate us from Christ’s love: ‘“For your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.” No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us’.
Living Life by Design 
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