Through Christ Jesus, we all becomes Children of God and joint heirs with Christ. However, we also have to experience or partake in some suffering as Christ did when He was in the human form. Anywhere the Bible talks of us as partakers of the glory of Christ, it talks of us suffering with Him too.
There are some truths about suffering we must know:
There is a type of suffering that we experience because of our mistakes. When we make mistakes, God allows us some measure of pain so as to learn from our mistakes. If you don’t have any pain through your mistakes, then you are going to keep making that same mistake repeatedly.
There is another type of suffering that we face because we are standing for righteousness. Standing for what is right in a darkened world of our will open us to persecution and condemnation that are indeed suffering for Christ.
There is also a type of suffering that God allows through circumstances to mature us and bring the wealth of maturity from inside us. Our faith in God will pass through fire of trials.
As a followers of Christ, we need to understand that sometimes, though we are rich, we need to be poor. That’s why many of the things of God have not been done properly because some people are not willing to go through seasons of hardship to advance in the programme of God, either for themselves or others.
The Bible says in 2 Timothy 2:3, “Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.” Which ever way is the causes of our suffering, we are called to endure all hardness. We are to stand for Christ at any state and stages we found ourselves, especially when we are going through any challenges, we are not the one on trial but our faith. Many times, God wants to prove our faith to Himself, to the devil, and to you as a person.
One of the lies of the devil is that nobody else has gone through what you are going through. Having a believe that the trouble or challenge you are going through is unique to you alone is a lie from the devil since he wants you to be discouraged and also want to make you feel that you are alone.
In 2 Corinthians 4:17, the Scriptures says: “This light momentary affliction is preparing for us [that is, producing for us] an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison.”
When we can see no benefit coming from our suffering and challenges on earth, we will have missed the purpose according to Romans 8:28. The scriptures directs our attention away from earthly suffering because and says that they are not in vain. They are actually producing a greater and greater weight of glory because God will make it up to us. When we get to heaven, we will look back on all those years of seemingly meaningless sorrows and pains and see that it was worth it.
There is simply no trouble or challenges that you are going through that somebody has not gone through and glorified God with. Endure your hardship, trouble and challenges of life as a Christian. It is part of the carrying of your cross as you follow Jesus the master.
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