This is a count it all joy kinda day (James 1:2), but I am confident that God is able to cause all things to work together for His glory (Rom 8:28) and through His unyielding grace our good!
Make no mistake, we as true believers are eternally secure in His salvation, but it’s our faith that perseveres in affliction, sickness, persecution, and every other trial of life that befall all believers. If we desire to live godly lives in Christ, we will suffer persecution (2 Timothy 3:12), but the faithful will persevere, kept by the power of the Holy Spirit who is the guarantee of our salvation and who will keep us “strong to the end,” persevering so we will be “blameless on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ” (1 Corinthians 1:8).
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