"Lighter Side of Life"

"That thou mayest give him rest from the days of adversity, until the pit be digged for the wicked."
(Psalms 94:13)
Some people actually like adversity, because it causes them to drawn closer to God, and it keeps them from slipping into being comfortable with this life; almost too comfortable, if you get what I am talking about. I might be leaning in that direction, only because I know how all to well how easy it is to go from just dwelling on this world, to actually becoming a world dweller. There is a difference between the two; and the most dangerous place for us to be, is the place where we don't realize the difference. Whether it be trial or chastisement, it is all temporal; no matter how hard it might hurt, or how difficult things might become, this tiny little space of time comes nowhere close to comparing with the eternity that awaits us in heaven. It's just a little blip on the radar screen, we wont even realize it was there; especially not the suffering and the heartache felt in this life, because God will remove every tear and every horrible experience that we ever knew. I think Paul was that kind of a person who liked adversity, not that he enjoyed getting beat or stoned or thrown in jail, but being the one who was hated by the religious and the worldly, meant that he was on the right side; he was serving the Lord and not aliened with the world. I think he considered it an honor to be at odds with those who hated to hear the name of Jesus. One thing is for sure, he knew what he was up against; and no one needed to remind him of how important it was to stand his ground. If there was any way to describe the "rest" being spoken of in the verse above, the ability to live like Paul lived would come very close to that description. In the simplest terms, it would mean to be undisturbed. If you have ever been disturbed by something you have felt is out of your control, then you might have some slight understanding of what it might have felt like to have been undisturbed during that event, especially now that the event has passed. We can really get pretty worked up over some of life's trial and circumstances; but imagine how much easier they would all be if you could have peace in the midst of every one, by knowing full well it's all in God's hands. Isn't that interesting how easy that is to make it work? It's like flipping on a switch! I can make it my problem, or I can give it to God...
"Yes we live under constant danger of death because we serve Jesus, so that the life of Jesus will be evident in our dying bodies. So we live in the face of death, but this has resulted in eternal life for you. But we continue to preach because we have the same kind of faith the psalmist had when he said, "I believed in God, so I spoke." We know that God, who raised the Lord Jesus, will also raise us with Jesus and present us to himself together with you. All of this is for your benefit. And as God's grace reaches more and more people, there will be great thanksgiving, and God will receive more and more glory. That is why we never give up. Though our bodies are dying, our spirits are being renewed every day. For our present troubles are small and won't last very long. Yet they produce for us a glory that vastly outweighs them and will last forever! So we don't look at the troubles we can see now; rather we fix our gaze on things that cannot be seen. For the things that we see now will soon be gone, but the things we cannot see will last forever." (2 Corinthians 4:11-18) NLT