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“Consider Him that endured such contradiction of sinners against Himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds” (Hebrews 12:3).
Have you ever become so discouraged in your Christian life that you were ready to give up and quit? Perhaps at some time in our life most of us have felt this way, although we might not like to admit it. When we feel like this, we need to remember that all discouragement comes from thinking about ourselves too much. We get discouraged because we are expecting something from others — sometimes from other people, and sometimes from the Lord. When we do not get what we expect, we become discouraged.
What should we do if we feel like this? I suggest that we should repeat this verse to ourselves, and remember how the Lord Jesus pressed on in spite of everything that was against Him. He always did the will of His Father. If things are going badly, let us tell the Lord about it, and ask Him for strength to go on, but let us never disobey the Word of God. Self-pity is never right. Rather, we should accept our circumstances FROM the Lord, and take our difficulties TO the Lord. That is the secret of a happy Christian life.
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