Anyone who believes that God owes them worldly comforts because they follow Jesus, has not read their bibles! Jesus Himself was denied many of the comforts of this world. The apostles rarely saw worldly comforts. Look closely at Paul's testimony.
"Up to the present hour we are both hungry and thirsty;we are poorly clothed, rough treated, homeless;" - The Apostle Paul
The beauty is Paul and the apostles were NOT living for this world! They knew this world was only temporary and living for this world would cause them to waste their life. Their life was the one opportunity they were given to live for the world that is to come.
The joy they experienced in this life was rooted in the promises of the life that was to come. We should be challenged by this reality. We are called to a deeper life. It's a scary thought.
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