Aug 8 1 Chronicles 26:20-32, 1 Chronicles 27 1 Corinthians 4 Proverbs 19:13-22
1 cor 4:10-13
We are fools for Christ, but you are so wise in Christ! We are weak, but you are strong! You are honored, we are dishonored! To this very hour we go hungry and thirsty, we are in rags, we are brutally treated, we are homeless. We work hard with our own hands. When we are cursed, we bless; when we are persecuted, we endure it; when we are slandered, we answer kindly. We have become the scum of the earth, the garbage of the world—right up to this moment.
We can get rather defensive sometimes, very protective over our rights and very upset about persecution.
But Paul’s shows us a great example of how to react in those times. When we are cursed we bless. We endure when persecuted. When someone starts saying terrible things about us we say good things. We don’t get all concerned about the injustice of it – we keep our eyes on Christ and not the persecution.
