HURTS
Today's reading: Psalm 11-15

"Who may worship in your sanctuary, Lord? Who may enter your presence on your holy hill?...Those who despise persistent sinners, and honor the faithful followers of the Lord and keep their promises even when it hurts." Psalm 15:1, 4 NLT

Hurts-inflicting of physical pain; emotion pain or anguish; suffering pain or grief; causing damage or stress; feeling or causing pain.

Ouch!

I am guilty, and maybe you are, too, of thinking this walk with Christ is a practice of the religion of comfort.

We want His peace.

We want His joy.

We want His love.

We want His strength.

We want His blessings.

We want His favor.

We don't want to be uncomfortable in anything we do for Him. We will serve only until it hurts.

But that's not what David tells us true followers of God do.

Being different for God means not always being in a comfortable position, taking a well-liked, or understood, stand or getting just what we want each and every day of our lives.

How closely we follow God is determined by how much we are willing to endure just to be near Him.