Phil 1: 20: I eagerly expect and hope that I will in no way be ashamed, but will have sufficient courage so that now as always Christ will be exalted in my body, whether by life or by death.

Paul was not certain whether he would live or die….that didn’t matter. Christ would be exalted. My determination is to be the utmost for HIS Highest. And that has to mean whether that would be life or death. To the Christian, death will lead to life for his or herself. But sometimes a death can bring life to those around the person who died.

On a personal level, God’s order has to work up to a crisis in our lives because we will not heed the gentler way. It is at that point that we are to decide for or against. Once we go forward we enter in to life more abundantly. Making a wrong decision does not automatically mean we have lost God forever. It just means that He is faithful and will bring the decision point around again. God has a vision for you that will not tarry and will surely come.