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Some people look at events out of a perspective of fear. Others choose hope. Part of that depends on what you're clinging to -- if you've built your life on something that can be taken away by a stronger force, then you're likely to live in fear. If, however, you've built your life on a solid foundation, then you don't have to be afraid, because your future cannot be taken from you, no matter how strong the opposition may be.
The Pharisees saw Jesus raise a man from the dead, and rather than think about how exciting this was, they shrunk back in fear and worried that they might lose what they had. Others watched the same man raise someone from the dead and realized that they might never need to fear death again. Same events, same participants, wildly different outcomes.
Which group would you rather be in?
When we choose to build our lives on Christ, then no matter what the Romans or any other army might do, we don't have to be afraid, because we're safe in the arms of the strongest force that's ever been.
How do we know where the foundation of our life is?
Well, what would you do if you lost all of your money? Or your health? Losing these things would of course be tremendously difficult. I'll not pretend otherwise. But they shouldn't be the end of us. We should still be able to find a reason for hope, no matter what, because no matter how far down we go, we discover that the bottom is solid.
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