While Jesus was here on earth, he offered prayers and pleadings, with a loud cry and tears, to the one who could rescue him from death. And God heard his prayers because of his deep reverence for God. Even though Jesus was God’s Son, he learned obedience from the things he suffered. In this way, God qualified him as a perfect High Priest, and he became the source of eternal salvation for all those who obey him.
Hebrews 5:7-9
Perhaps today you are wondering why you are going through hard times in your life.
Undeserved suffering is the hardest circumstance to experience.
But suffering is a very good teacher - a teacher that even Jesus needed to learn from!
Because He suffered He could understand our feelings, experience our griefs and be the perfect go-between to bring us back to God the Father.
So when we are crying out from the depths of our being, Jesus has been there too! How blessed we are to have someone who knows how to guide us through our times of pain and frustration!
How to get through these times?
Peter, prescribes humility:
If you will humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, in his good time he will lift you up.
Let him have all your worries and cares, for he is always thinking about you and watching everything that concerns you.
Be careful—watch out for attacks from Satan, your great enemy. He prowls around like a hungry, roaring lion, looking for some victim to tear apart. Stand firm when he attacks. Trust the Lord; and remember that other Christians all around the world are going through these sufferings too.
After you have suffered a little while, our God, who is full of kindness through Christ, will give you his eternal glory. He personally will come and pick you up, and set you firmly in place, and make you stronger than ever.
1 Peter 5:6-10
Let suffering be your tutor not your jailor!
Selah!
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