God's children should take heart in the midst of our affliction
You will not find one Godly man who came out of an affliction worse than when he went into it. Though for a little while he was shaken, yet, at last, he was better for an affliction. But, a great many Godly men have been worse for their prosperity.As Job 36:15 declares, "He delivers the poor in their affliction, and opens their ears in oppression." Thus, the Lord has a heart for His afflicted children. The Psalmist avows, "For He has not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; nor has He hidden His face from Him; But when He cried to Him, He heard" (Psalm 22:24). As the Apostle Paul exhorted the Corinthian church, "For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, is working for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory" (2 Corinthians 2:17). Finally, Charles Spurgeon, the Prince of Preachers, reminds us, "God gets his best soldiers out of the highlands of affliction."
—Jeremiah Burroughs
posted by Ryan S. | 1:01 AM
1 Comments:
Thank you for the reminder.
I am thankful that I have not suffered severe affliction, but even the small afflictions I've had have indeed strengthened.
I've had financial troubles, drought, and injuries, both in my pagan days and after. In my pagan days I was stoic, but I grew weaker. In my Christian life, I see them making me stronger. Oh, but how weak I still am. Perhaps I'm not strong enough to take more. God is merciful to his sheep.
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