Suffering brings God's glory
2 Corinthians 4: 10, 17-18 10 Through suffering, our bodies continue to share in the death of Jesus so that the life of Jesus may also be seen in our bodies.
17 For our present troubles are small and won’t last very long. Yet they produce for us a glory that vastly outweighs them and will last forever! 18 So we don’t look at the troubles we can see now; rather, we fix our gaze on things that cannot be seen. For the things we see now will soon be gone, but the things we cannot see will last forever.
God says He will never put more on us than we can handle, and that is always true. We all pray for strength, wisdom, patience, peace, etc..., and God gives us what we pray for. The only hard part to comprehend is that He doesn't just give us what we ask for on a silver platter. Through our suffering He makes us stronger, when we pray for strength He doesn't just give us strength He puts us through situations that will make us stronger. He knows what we can handle, and He will put us through exactly what we need, to become stronger. The same goes for everything else we pray for. I have just recently learned this and have finally gotten revelation about it, and I am so glad to know this now because I used to think that I was letting the devil over power my spirit, but in reality it was God just doing the work in me to make me stronger, more patient, and giving me more knowledge. Even when we are following God's path for us and operating under His will, it will not be easy.
God never had plans for us to have sickness or to get hurt, all that comes from the devil. But God does use those sick times and the times of hurt to bring Himself the glory. Jesus died for all people, so they would not have to pay for their sin, or suffer, but we have free will that gives us the choice to follow Him or not to follow Him, that choice is what brings the suffering. We suffer because of the devil, but when we turn back to God he brings us back to His magnificent glory. Jesus healed the sick in order to show people of God's glory, and still today that same healing is occurring so that God can be glorified. We will never suffer more than Jesus did that day on the cross, and our suffering will never outweigh the glory we will give God when we come out on top and Honor Him for taking us through it, and tell everyone what God has done for us. That is why He let's us go through our hard times, and rescues us just when the time is right, so that we can recognize He has done a great work in our lives and we will give Him all the glory. What we go through now is nothing compared to the glory we will receive when we get to Heaven.
My father in heaven, I give you all the glory and honor for EVERYTHING you have done in my life.
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