Don't get comfortable, but remember we are commissioned.

The world makes special accommodations for the godly.

For Jesus, they made the cross. The Bible says, "Others suffered mocking and flogging, and even chains and imprisonment. They were stoned, they were sawn in two, they were killed with the sword. They went about in skins of sheep and goats, destitute, afflicted, mistreated—of whom the world was not worthy—wandering about in deserts and mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth." (Hebrews 11:36-38 ESV)

I don't know why we believers keep expecting the world to treat us any differently than believers have ever been treated.

We American believers have been truly blessed for quite a long time. How are we stewarding our incredible blessing? Who do we really look to for our purpose and strength? Who do we really depend upon to secure our calling?

Indeed, when we live for Jesus, it WILL cost us, and, perhaps we might be labeled with those glorious saints who have suffered before us -- "...of whom the world was not worthy..."