Today's encouragement comes from 2 Corinthians 4:1, where Paul wrote these words:
"Therefore, since we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we do not lose heart."It is easy to lose heart. It is perfectly understandable why so many people venture out on the Christian life (and ministry), and do not persevere. Paul will go on to describe how much death (ultimately, to sin) the soul must experi-ence, in order to abound in Christ's resurrection life.
But if we have been given the ministry of Christ, or the faith of genuine Chris-tian churched believers—then we may be confident that our good and faithful God will finish all His work in us. There is absolutely no reason at all for us to lose heart.
[Puritan quote of the day: "The Son is the fullness of God, and the church is the fullness of the Son of God.” —Jonathan Edwards, in his sermon, "The Glory of God"]
