In Paul's time being Christian wasn't a glamorous thing. It brought them persecution, ridicule, and even caused them to be ostracised from their families. Life was harder for them. But they dealt with it in hope, because they knew that there was more to life than what we live on earth. Because they had their trust in God.
I guess the question is then, hypothetically- What would we lose if Christ turns out not to be real?
Would we lose much at all? Or would life still go on as usual?
In the verse Paul says that if that were to be true- if what they had pinned their hope on, had dedicated their life to turned out to be only for "this life", a life of suffering for Christ, the work of spreading the Gospel, that they "are to be pitied more than all men." They had put all their eggs in one basket.
They lived radical lives. They put their TOTAL trust in him.
If that were so, they would pretty much be left with close to nothing.
I guess that scares me, yet inspires me at the same time.
It's kinda like going all in in a poker game. You could lose everything, or you could gain everything.
I want to live that kind of life. To have the kind of faith that says playing it safe is not an option for me. That like Paul, if he did turn out to be false... that I would be pitied because my life was all about Him. And I could say that I was ALL IN.
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