Expand your universe, expect to experience discomfort, but don't be alarmed!

Positive Power Card: Don't be alarmed by a certain feeling of discomfort as your universe expands

My Spiritual Card translation is easily done backwards i.e. Expand your universe, expect to experience discomfort, but don't be alarmed!

How do we fit into the universe?
Paul explains the Good News to people of Athens, this then a very good example of how to explain the Good News i.e how do we fit into the universe that the Lord had created.
Act 17:24-34 GW
(24) The God who made the universe and everything in it is the Lord of heaven and earth. He doesn't live in shrines made by humans,
(25) and he isn't served by humans as if he needed anything. He gives everyone life, breath, and everything they have.
(26) From one man he has made every nation of humanity to live all over the earth. He has given them the seasons of the year and the boundaries within which to live.
(27) He has done this so that they would look for God, somehow reach for him, and find him. In fact, he is never far from any one of us.
(28) Certainly, we live, move, and exist because of him. As some of your poets have said, 'We are God's children.'

How should we then expand our universe?
Never give up! rely on your inner strength found in Jesus Christ. By faith alone you will be able to grow in your relationship with GOD, all as result of the nature of Jesus Christ in you, assisted by the Holy Spirit.
2Co 5:17-20 GW
(17) Whoever is a believer in Christ is a new creation. The old way of living has disappeared. A new way of living has come into existence.
(18) God has done all this. He has restored our relationship with him through Christ, and has given us this ministry of restoring relationships.
(19) In other words, God was using Christ to restore his relationship with humanity. He didn't hold people's faults against them, and he has given us this message of restored relationships to tell others.
(20) Therefore, we are Christ's representatives, and through us God is calling you. We beg you on behalf of Christ to become reunited with God.

Similar to an athlete we must pursue a goal; a goal that is non other than the total believe in what Jesus Christ has done for us.
Heb 12:1-2 GW
(1) Since we are surrounded by so many examples of faith, we must get rid of everything that slows us down, especially sin that distracts us. We must run the race that lies ahead of us and never give up.
(2) We must focus on Jesus, the source and goal of our faith. He saw the joy ahead of him, so he endured death on the cross and ignored the disgrace it brought him. Then he received the highest position in heaven, the one next to the throne of God.

What feelings of discomfort can we experience?
Jesus directed these warnings to his disciples, Luke used the same warnings directed at christian leaders. Can we as individuals also not take notice of these warnings?
Luk 17:1 Jesus told his disciples, "Situations that cause people to lose their faith are certain to arise. But how horrible it will be for the person who causes someone to lose his faith!

Jesus warned that christians will be prosecuted for following him, including a time that would come when;
Luk 21:16-19 GW
(16) "Even parents, brothers, relatives, and friends will betray you and kill some of you.
(17) Everyone will hate you because you are committed to me.
(18) But not a hair on your head will be lost.
(19) By your endurance you will save your life.

Peter warns christians that they will should be honored when they experience sufferings, as the sufferings should give us a view on the sufferings that Jesus Christ had experienced.
1Pe 4:12-13 GW
(12) Dear friends, don't be surprised by the fiery troubles that are coming in order to test you. Don't feel as though something strange is happening to you,
(13) but be happy as you share Christ's sufferings. Then you will also be full of joy when he appears again in his glory.

John uses this example of Cain to explain that naturally as result of the love of GOD that christians will show the world, so will the world naturally hate believers.
1Jn 3:11-20 GW
(11) The message that you have heard from the beginning is to love each other.
(12) Don't be like Cain. He was a child of the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did Cain murder his brother? Because the things Cain did were evil and the things his brother did had God's approval.
(13) Brothers and sisters, don't be surprised if the world hates you.

Why should we not be alarmed?
We are protected by GOD from the devil. We live in the light, never again in the dark, God will protect us forever.
1Jn 5:18-19 (18) We know that those who have been born from God don't go on sinning. Rather, the Son of God protects them, and the evil one can't harm them. (19) We know that we are from God, and that the whole world is under the control of the evil one.

Jesus tells us that we should be prepared to be persecuted for his sake, for our believe in him. Persecution will end, but our reward for continued faith in him, will never end.
Mat 5:10-12 GW
(10) Blessed are those who are persecuted for doing what God approves of. The kingdom of heaven belongs to them.
(11) "Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you, lie, and say all kinds of evil things about you because of me.
(12) Rejoice and be glad because you have a great reward in heaven! The prophets who lived before you were persecuted in these ways.

Therefore;
By believing, we are God's children, we live, move exits because of GOD and should be focused on living the life of Jesus Christ, our Saviour. We should love GOD and love another as we love ourselves.

So; Rejoice and be glad because you have a great reward in heaven!