"He Who Overcomes Will Inherit All Things"

The questions should rather be
(J.R. Miller)

"Here on earth you will have many 
trials and sorrows." John 16:33 

True victory is not found 
in escaping or evading trials--
but in rightly meeting and enduring them. 

The questions should not be, 
"How can I get out of these worries? 
How can I get into a place where 
there shall be no irritations, 
nothing to try my temper, or 
put my patience to the test? 
How can I avoid the troubles 
which continually harass me?" 

There is nothing noble in such living. 
The soldier who flees when the battle 
approaches, is no hero; he is a coward. 

The questions should rather be, 
"How can I pass through these 
trying experiences--
and not fail as a Christian? 
How can I endure these struggles--
and not suffer defeat? 
How can I live amid these provocations, 
these reproaches and testings of my temper--
and yet live sweetly, not speaking unadvisedly, 
bearing injuries meekly, returning gentle 
answers to insulting words?"

"He who overcomes will inherit 
all things, and I will be his GOD and 
he will be MY son!" Revelation 21:7 

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