Suffering and Its Remedy

UV 3594/10000 Suffering and Its Remedy For just as Christ’s sufferings are ours in abundance as they overflow to His followers, so also our comfort ( our reassurance, our encouragement, our consolation), is abundant through Christ ( it is truly more than enough to endure what we must). 2 Corinthians 1 v 5 This uni-verse states that just as our sufferings in Christ are many and great, our comfort and encouragement to endure these are also matching the suffering. We need to live in the overflow of God’s grace. Our comfort is proportionate or enough to help us overcome or endure our suffering. The Lord will provide a way out. He redeems us in our suffering. Hence, we should not be overwhelmed by suffering or be discouraged. We are to take the comfort and encouragement we receive and pass it on to others who endure similar troubles and distress. If Christ suffered, we too will suffer like Him. But the Lord does not leave us alone or orphaned as we endure suffering. He is closest to us when we are most troubled. We drink from the cup of suffering but also from the cup of comfort and joy. He gives us victory and the power to bear such suffering without complaining or without being discouraged. The suffering is intended to test our strength, increase it and make us resilient. Hence, James wrote that we should welcome it with pure joy. Suffering purifies or sanctifies our character and our faith. Suffering is like a fiery trial and we are not alone when we go through it. The Lord is with us, comforting, blessing, guiding, leading us through the ordeal. The degree of comfort and encouragement we get from the Lord and His word is unlimited or abundant. Hence, whatever is our need, we can depend on the Lord for He will defend us in any circumstance. We should not wilt or give up but like pure gold we should give up the dross or impurities in our character. We should not give in to worry or anxiety but continually rejoice in the Lord, delight in His word. Like Noah and his family took refuge in the Ark during the great flood, we should hide in the ark of faith in Christ. Like Noah and his family emerged unscathed and victorious we too will emerge from it stronger, purer, more faithful and joyful.