Paul assumes that faithfulness will lead us to question if any of our work matters or makes any ultimate difference, because Paul knows that the way of Christ runs contrary to the way of the world, the flesh, and the devil. Like silence and solitude, which can cause our hearts to run wild and our minds to feel restless and anxious, following Christ’s way can reveal deep idolatries of the flesh. We assume faithfulness will “feel” a certain way, but what we often experience is ourselves and our own sin, and not the excitement we were looking for. We also tend to assume that faithfulness will
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