Two World System

One more note about the world’s system.  In case you haven’t noticed, the world front-loads its pleasures and back-loads its pain.  The Christian life sometimes front-loads the pain, but it always back-loads the pleasure.  And I’d definitely rather be moving toward joy than moving away from it, wouldn’t you?  That’s why I’ve chosen to live my life for the Lord and to walk with Him in fellowship sweet.

David Jeremiah, Signs of Life, p. 105