March 26, 2023
Daily Devotion:
"Too Good for This World"
2 Corinthians 11:27–28
I have been in labor and
hardship, through many sleepless nights, in hunger and thirst, often without
food, in cold and exposure. Apart from such external things, there is the daily
pressure upon me of concern for all the churches.
Now that's being under
pressure. Paul even mentioned the disillusioning times of mistreatment and
imprisonment. There certainly must have been times he did not know where to
turn—or to whom. Doubt and questions might well have haunted him with maddening
regularity. Here was one of those great men, "too good for this
world," being pushed around, threatened, and living on the raw edge of
constant danger. If you imagine yourself in those many situations and toss in
several imprisonments to boot—you can start to feel beaten down and defeated.
Your mind plays tricks on you. You wonder where God is, and you occasionally
even doubt God. You get disoriented, "mixed up" inside. And on top of
all that is the one most common experience all who have been in prison admit—profound
loneliness. Mix all that together . . . and you've got the picture.
