God Redeems Suffering
No matter what you’re facing this week, be encouraged that our God is the God who sees us and who doesn’t leave us alone in our pain. The World tells us that we are strong when we achieve, but the Lord says we are strong when we are weak, because that’s when we finally start relying on HIM, 100%.
Christ uses our struggles to point us back to our desperate need for Jesus. He uses difficult circumstances and people to refine us, making us more like Him, as these things drive us to our knees in prayer, again and again. God uses suffering to reveal His nature and will to us in deeper ways, and thankfully He works everything out for the good of those who love Him and have been called according to His purpose.
I cannot wait for you to read our guest blog post this week from a dear friend, Leigh-Ann Reid who has faced a considerable amount of suffering this year, and boy does she have some amazing truth to share from the pits, truth we all need to root our hearts in. Stay tuned for our book rec, and on Thursday, join the convo on instagram for coffee talk to discuss our topic of suffering and how trials bring us closer to Jesus.
What is something that’s weighing you down that you need to fully surrender to Christ today? Leave it at the foot of the cross this morning. Let Him carry it, and let us pray for you! Comment or contact us for prayer, we’d love nothing more than to bring you before the throne of grace.
“She gave this name to the Lord who spoke to her: “You are the God who sees me,” for she said, “I have now seen the One who sees me.”” -Genesis 16:13
“Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or terrified because of them, for the Lord your God goes with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you.”” -Deuteronomy 31:6
“Therefore, in order to keep me from becoming conceited, I was given a thorn in my flesh, a messenger of Satan, to torment me. Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me. But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me. That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.” -2 Corinthians 12:7-10
“And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.” -Romans 8:28
“Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has ascended into heaven, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold firmly to the faith we profess. For we do not have a high priest who is unable to empathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are—yet he did not sin. Let us then approach God’s throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.” -Hebrews 4:14-16