“His Voice Today”

January 10

🔸️ Spiritual Growth in Suffering! 🔸

The atheist looks at us and asks, “How a dear God can allow you to go through so much suffering?” They do not understand that suffering is part of ‘spiritual education’. Yes, it is through suffering that God leads His children to maturity. If you don’t have much chance of suffering, it means you won’t grow.

Perhaps God has allowed you to go your own way because you murmured for a little suffering in the past. It is very sad that “this way” God sets you in a room. Thus I am privileged to enter every day of my life with sufferings, rather than be assigned by God in a room!

When God leads us down the path of suffering, it is foolish to compare ourselves with others. It is like your children saying “When they only go to school, the children in the slum play all day in the mud!”. Whatever God does with us, He does it through His absolute love for us. God wants us to be happy….. but not superficial worldly pleasures like foam….. rather, the joy that truly stable through the Holy Life! Scripture says that there is no other way than to come across sufferings in order to be sanctified (Hebrews 12:10).

Jesus was one of the happiest person on this Earth! However, He was the one who faced the most struggles, other than anyone! He knew that His Father was perfectly loving. That is why Jesus proudly surrendered Himself to all the ways His Father sent! This is the secret of His complete and perfect successful life!!

Prayer:
Oh merciful Father! We have now found the way to ‘spiritual growth’ in our sufferings. Please be gracious to know our responsibility and to lead our life accordingly. In the name of Jesus we pray, Amen.

Author:
Brother Zac Poonen