WELL DONE

Psalms 27:2 When the wicked, even mine enemies and my foes, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell.

“Now I begin to be a disciple. I care for nothing of visible or invisible things so that I may but win Christ. Let fire and the cross, let the companies of wild beasts, let the breaking of bones and tearing of limbs, let the grinding of the whole body, and all the malice of the devil come upon me; be it so, only may I win Jesus.”
“I am the wheat of Christ: I am going to be ground with the teeth of wild beast that I may be found pure bread.” Ignatius; upon his martyrdom. About 110 A.D.

Many of us are aware that Christianity faces perilous times (2 Timothy 3:1) Even today, the flames of Christian persecutions remain unabated; it is estimated that there is more Christian persecution in the world today than there was during the Roman Empire.

The Bible also tells us of a time when the world will be led by a devil-man ruler who will put in place a global economic system that will disfavor all those who do not give him the loyalty that they should only reserve for God. Some look with fear at the time when God will judge the world for such a blasphemy; so much so that terms such “apocalypse; Armageddon” have become associated with horror and havoc.

But if we are one of God’s people, we should look upon this time with joyful anticipation. This will be the time when God’s people will be victorious and vindicated (Daniel 11:32); the final ecstatic climax of the victory of the Lord against the devil and his bands. Yes some of us will fall, but it will only be for a better resurrection (Hebrews 11:35). We may stumble and fall, but we shall rise up again, while the enemy stumbles to an eternal death.

So today, even today, when we feel our moral stands ridiculed by the mocking world; when we resist the temptation to compromise and be indifferent to the spiritual fight at hand. Today, when we struggle in our upward climb towards virtue and godliness; we know that it is not in vain. We know that in the end, we will be with those standing in front of our Lord and Savior receiving an eternal crown of glory, and hearing those precious words: “Well done,… enter thou into the joy of thy Lord (Matthew 25:21,23)”

Matthew 5:10 Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

Proverbs 24:16 For a just man falleth seven times, and riseth up again: but the wicked shall fall into mischief.