So true.
None of us, can say. We can prepare and ask the Lord to help us in these things. We can draw near to Him, and dwell in His presence, drawing upon His strength, being filled with His Spirit and love to endure to the end.
Peter was sooooo sure.
Thank goodness he returned to the Lord, and was restored.
He became strong in the face of persecution and death.
Hebrews says it this way —
- out of weakness were made strong
who through faith subdued kingdoms, worked righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions, quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made strong, became valiant in battle, turned to flight the armies of the aliens. Women received their dead raised to life again.
Others were tortured, not accepting deliverance, that they might obtain a better resurrection. Still others had trial of mockings and scourgings, yes, and of chains and imprisonment. They were stoned, they were sawn in two, were tempted, were slain with the sword. They wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins, being destitute, afflicted, tormented— of whom the world was not worthy. They wandered in deserts and mountains, in dens and caves of the earth. Hebrews 11:33-38
- Others were tortured, not accepting deliverance, that they might obtain a better resurrection.
May His faith and strength fill us in these last days.
JLB
