In all this Job did not sin nor charge God with wrong. (Job 1:22)
Job lost his prestige, wealth and material possessions, and worst of all, his 7 children died on the same day as a result of the oldest sons home collapsing on top of them.
Talk about tragic!!
Even through his great loss, he never once sinned or blamed God for it.
If you were Job, how would you react to this news?
If you have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ, I would hope that you know God so intimately that you would react in a similar fashion as Job did. When we intimately know God then we know, without a shadow of a doubt, who He is and that we can trust that what He is allowing is for our good.
It's not easy going through personal tragedy.
I know this all too well.
I've experienced several suicides of people in whom I loved dearly, physical abuse, the loss of 3 babies, etc, etc, etc.
Through it all I didn't blame God.
I didn't understand, but I knew that God had allowed every circumstance for the good of many.
I know God is a God of love.
I've experienced it first hand.
"For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.
"For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved.
And we have known and believed the love that God has for us. God is love, and he who abides in love abides in God, and God in him.
1 John 4:16
I know suffering is a part of life.
Why?
Because in suffering our faith is perfected.
My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into various trials,
knowing that the testing of your faith produces patience.
But let patience have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing.
God is just.
He is the Rock, His work is perfect; For all His ways are justice, A God of truth and without injustice; Righteous and upright is He.
Deuteronomy 32:4
God has purpose for everything that we go through.
One of those purposes is to conform us into the image of His Son, Jesus Christ.
And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to
those who are the called according to His purpose.
For whom He foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the firstborn among many brethren.
Romans 8:28-29
Suffering proves the genuineness of your faith.
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His abundant mercy has begotten us again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
to an inheritance incorruptible and undefiled and that does not fade away, reserved in heaven for you,
who are kept by the power of God through faith for salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while, if need be, you have been grieved by various trials,
that the genuineness of your faith, being much more precious than gold that perishes, though it is tested by fire, may be found to praise, honor, and glory at the revelation of Jesus Christ,
1 Peter 1 :3-7
When you go through suffering, the Lord will bring comfort to you.
The suffering you go through will be used in the lives of others.
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort,
who comforts us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort those who are in any trouble, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.
For as the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our consolation also abounds through Christ.
2 Corinthians 1:3-5
As you can see, suffering may not be fun, but it is a part of our growth, as well as those around us.
Rest assured, that no matter what you're going through now, if you have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ, one day the suffering will cease. Continue to hold on to Jesus and watch what He does in and through you.
But may the God of all grace, who called us to His eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a while, perfect, establish, strengthen, and settle you.
1 Peter 5:10
"And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes; there shall be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying. There shall be no more pain, for the former things have passed away."
Revelation 21:4
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