Loyalty to God through the midst of trials helps us ascend

"When we die, the level we end up on becomes our starting point in the next life. Isaiah teaches that loyalty to God through the midst of trials helps us ascend, in life or in death. In Isaiah's day, King Hezekiah's faithful suffering "unto death" during an apparent mortal illness lifted the king to the next highest level. Ultimately, it didn't matter if he lived or died; his spiritual state would be the same. He passed the test of loyalty his God had set up for him, in that very hour. In his case God also chose to deliver him physically, but that was less important than his spiritual victory. What we lose or sacrifice in this life in the course of complying with God's will, God always restores—with added blessings."

Avraham Gileadi, "Isaiah Decoded"

Sent from my iPhone