The Gift of Suffering

The purpose and gift in suffering/affliction.

A question to ask would be, “Have I allowed The God and Father of Christ Jesus, The Father of all mercies and comfort to actually comfort me… to be THE source of my comfort in the midst of suffering? This is the ‘treasure we have been promised In these earthen vessels’ (2 Corinthians 4:7-12), not escape from suffering and a comfortable life, but His comfort/consolation in the midst of suffering, to glorify His Name and encourage others.

“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God. For as we share abundantly in Christ’s sufferings, so through Christ we share abundantly in comfort too. If we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation; and if we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which you experience when you patiently endure the same sufferings that we suffer. Our hope for you is unshaken, for we know that as you share in our sufferings, you will also share in our comfort.”

‭‭2 Corinthians‬ ‭1‬:‭3‬-‭7‬ ‭ESV‬‬

This is Jesus’ Way. This is the formidable way.