The Purpose of Suffering, The Grace to Endure

UV 3359/10000 The Purpose of Suffering and The Grace to Endure

“But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you.”
1 Peter 5:10 KJVA


The path laid down by Christ or the very Path He became for us to tread is suffering for a while, while we suffer we obtain grace through Christ who Himself endured extreme suffering to endure the suffering and grace to perfect, establish, strengthen and settle us in the kingdom of God.
The world looks for the kingdom without while we seek the kingdom within. The world seeks pleasure and ways to avoid suffering. The Word teaches us that God ordained suffering is not meant to weaken, frustrate, depress or oppress us but either to perfect us, strengthen, establish or / and settle us. The purpose can be any or all of these reasons.

The Lord by means of His word and His in dwelling Awesome Spirit perfects our character with love and patience. He strengthens us in the areas of our weaknesses. He establishes us in faith with rock solid foundations. He does not allow us to settle for anything less than His best. He stirs us up even as a mother eagle stirs up its nest to unsettle its young that they may jump out and learn to fly. The world is our nest where we cannot afford to rest but seek His best by flying out of it.


The strength or grace or power of the Lord are the winds that hold us up as we learn to fly. It is the wind on which we float and find our rest when we are weary. He like the mother eagle does not make things easy for us but He makes it possible. Perfection is not possible for us but He makes it possible. To always work on and out of Strength is not possible but He makes it possible. He settles us in the kingdom of God. This is why Jesus said, “ Be in the world but not of this world.”