It may be a personal failure or disappointment in your job or school work. It may be the illness or loss of someone close to you.
THE SUFFERER AND THE WITNESS WIKIPEDIA TRIAL
It is a tool God uses to get our attention and to accomplish His purposes in our lives in a way that would never occur without the trial or irritation. In the design of God, it is also something to make us think. What are these bends in the road that God puts in the path of life that we are to carefully consider? Simply stated, suffering is anything which hurts or irritates. (5) How can God use it in my life? Suffering Defined (4) Does my response demonstrate faith, love for God and for others, Christ-like character, values, commitment, priorities, etc.? The following questions are designed to help us “ consider” in the day of adversity: “In the day of prosperity be happy, But in the day of adversity consider-God has made the one as well as the other so that man may not discover anything that will be after him” (Eccl. Christ avoided suffering unless it meant acting in disobedience to the Father’s will. When it is possible, suffering is to be avoided. It is also not a means of gaining points with God, or of subduing the flesh (as in asceticism). Suffering is not in itself virtuous, nor is it a sign of holiness. Suffering forces us to turn from trust in our own resources to living by faith in God’s resources. It is designed to build our trust in the Almighty, but suffering requires the right response if it is to be successful in accomplishing God’s purposes.
Why me? Why now? What is God doing? Suffering is a tool God uses to get our attention and to accomplish His purposes in our lives.
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