“For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us..” ---- Romans 8:18
--God wants to build spiritual steel and rock-solid faith into you. And the way He will do this is through the fire of affliction. Why? To test you. The faith that can’t be tested, can’t be trusted.
The times I have grown the most were not when everything was going fine. The times when we go through sorrow, pressure, and trouble are the growing pains of our lives with Christ. Isn’t that true? Someone wrote these lines,
“I walked a mile with pleasure, she chatted all the way. But left me none the wiser, for all she had to say. I walked a mile with sorrow and not a word said she. But oh the things I learned from her, when sorrow walked with me.”
Are you in the fire of affliction? Trust that He will see you through and make you stronger when the test is over. --Adrian Rogers~~ ["Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour. Resist him, steadfast in the faith, knowing that the same sufferings are experienced by your brotherhood in the world." --(1 Peter 5:8,9) ---- "Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might. Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. Above all, taking the shield of faith with which you will be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked one." (Ephesians 6:10,11,16)~]https://<www.youtube.com/watch?t=61&v=aZHJ5m3Tuwk>
Jesus said, "I am the way, the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me." [John 14:6]
