One of the benefits of our salvation is th eunion we have with Christ. When we trust Jesus alone to save us, His life, death and resurrection beomes our life, death and resurrection.  It's is NOT a changed life, we need it is an EXCHANGED life .   David foreshadowed this union in Psalm 69:22-36 Let their table become a snare before them, and their well being a trap. Let their eyes be darkened, so that they do not see; and made their loins shake continually. Pour out Your indignation upon them, and let Your wrathful anger take hold of them. Let their dwelling place be desolate' let no one live in their tents. For they persecute the ones You have struck , and talk of grief of those You have wounded. Add iniquity to their iniquity. And let them not come into Your righteousness. Let them be blotted out of the book of the living and not be written with the righteous. But I am poor and sorrowful ; Let Your salvation , O God, set me up on high. I will praise the name of God with a song; and will magnify Him with Thanksgiving.  This also shall please the Lord better than an ox or bull. Which has horns and hooves. The humble shall see and be glad; and you who seek God , you hearts shall live. V16 and those who love His name shall dwell in it.   David showed that ONENESS WITH Christ means more than the 'easy life".  If we truly unite with Christ in salvation, we will also join with Him in the persecution and suffering gHe endured 1 Peter 2:20-24  You may be thinking , How in the world can union with Christ be beneficial if it means I must endure percussion and suffering?"   That great question , David answered; " And you who SEEK God, your hearts shall live". Those who TRULY SEEK God will LIVE FOREVER because "IN CHRIST" they are ALREADY VICTORIOUS over the persecution and suffering that will come their way. Though evildoers may crowd around you, IN Christ you ALREADY OVERCOME!  For this reason, "Let heaven and earth PRAISE Him, the seas and everything that moves in them" v 34.  Those who do evil against you may never be brought to justice on this earth, but justice WILL COME when the King returns.  Regardless of the timing of His coming , IN Christ, you can persevere now....PRAISE God for your union with Jesus and REST IN VICTORY He won at the cross on your behalf.  For it is WITH God ALL things ARE POSSIBLE Matthew 19:26 Father God, guide me today to do all things that will bring glory and honor to You AMEN