Today, I am touched with the fact that Christian life can be so diverse. There are Christians who are materially rich as well as those who are poor. There are those who are intellectual and those who are not. Paupers and kings; masters and slaves.
How can people of such diverse circumstances have the same God and the same Lord? If we see this life which we have at present, this temporal life as being the end sum, then we cannot understand. But to God, this is just a passing phase. This life which we have, is both a training and a test to the life after. And God train and test us differently according to what plans He has for us. I am sure there are different roles for us even in the next life. And so God refine us and prepare us to be able to fulfill those various roles.
We see a little of these roles in the church today. Not all are evangelists, not all are teachers, not all are pastors etc. So shall it be in the age to come. There will be many roles for us to take up. But the training, the preparation, the qualification is now.
When we look at things this way, we see how God takes special care to train His servants. The trials, the anguish, the sufferings, the battles, the pressure; all have a significant purpose.
We can also see a little picture of this in the book of Revelation. How God allows the different churches to be tested differently. How there are different promises given to each one of them and each one of us, if we overcome. Yes, if we overcome.
May we all strive in the Lord to overcome all that He allows us to face.
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