Everybody Want To Go

Several people have been credited with the saying, "Everybody want to go heaven, but don't nobody want to die."  Everyone wants to reign with God but don't anybody want to suffer with him.  Jesus' disciples James and John bickered amongst themselves about who would sit at the left and right hand of the Lord when he was seated in Heaven, but when he asked the disciples to pray one hour with him as he went into the Garden of Gethsemane, they failed him by falling asleep.  Just as Jesus had to go to the cross alone, many of us will feel alone, we will want our bitter cups that we must drink to pass from us but we must find our strength in the Father as Jesus did.  Know that when you suffer for the kingdom, you will receive your crown and reign alongside of Christ Jesus.  Find comfort and peace in knowing that as you go through that it is for a greater purpose and for a blessed cause.  Have faith in God.  1 Peter 5:10           

But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you.