Miserable People

Today’s reading: 1 Corinthians 15:1-28

 “And if we have hope in Christ only for this life, we are the most miserable people in the world.” - 1 Corinthians 15:19

Have you ever met a truly miserable person? Maybe you’ve seen yourself in this kind of state. A miserable person is someone who has nothing to look forward to. It seems that this is one of the favorites of our enemy, the Devil. If he can get us to believe that tomorrow isn’t worth living, he feels as though he has won.

As Christians, we know that Jesus’ resurrection ensures that we will always have something better ahead of us. This is despite painful circumstances we will face.

We know Jesus was raised, and we understand that this means we will one day be raised as well. We are assured of this because of our being united with Jesus when we came to faith initially (Romans 6:4-6).

The world may pity us because of our faith, but we can smile — because we know the truth. The empty tomb continues to be the proof.

Now the challenge is to share our salvation story with the world.