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WHISPERS TO AND FROM THE HOLY SPIRIT

Suffering For Salvation

Lord, I know all suffering
leads to you if we see
your grace and salvation in it.
I know most human suffering
is brought about by our sinful
nature and allowed by you to happen.
For in our suffering there shall you be,
clearly visible and waiting for us to repent.
In our human nature, we often think
our suffering has nothing to do
with our spirituality, so we try to suffer
through it by ourselves. I know now that
any human suffering is a call to come closer to
you no matter who caus edit or how it was caused.
Please forgive me for all the suffering I cause
myself and others.I pray that the good yo u
wanted to come for it, did May all my
suffering bring me closer to my salvation.

Dr. Don’s Reflections

Suffering is a big part of life. It does not have to be that way but we as humans bring it upon ourselves. I know in my life I brought far more suffering upon myself then God wanted me to have. However, my suffering is not the worse part of it, not at all; it is the suffering I caused others. 

I can honestly say I never caused someone to suffer intentionally, However,it matters not if the consequences of suffering were from unintended circumstances suffering is suffering no matter who causes it or how it is caused.

Through this Whisper to the Holy Spirit,I am acknowledging that I know all the suffering in my life could have been used and should have been used to move closer to the love and protection of my Lord Jesus Christ through the power of the Holy Spirit. I did not always see it that way. Sometimes I looked at it as punishment for not being as good of a Christian as God was calling me to be  Other times I looked at it as trials and tribulations having nothing  to do with God but it was all about worldly troubles

Over the years the Holy Spirit has taught me that my suffering whether brought about by me or others is a vehicle to become closer to God. That goes against worldly thinking for sure because many Christians feel that if they are close to God everything will go all right and there will be no suffering. But that is simply not Biblically based beginning with Jesus himself and the suffering he endured.

I do not look for suffering so I can please God but when it comes my way I am in it with Christ. I take the suffering and throw it to the foot of the cross asking Christ to absorb my pain and anguish with me and he does.

I could be the only one left in the world and if I were to suffer I would not do so alone. Christ will always be with me counseling, comforting, teaching, leading, and blessing me through the Holy Spirit. So suffering, I seek not, but when it comes my way, I run not.

“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.” –Matthew 11:28-30

Dr.Don’s Comments

Jesus Christ suffered greatly to do God’s work. From the time of Jesus dying on the cross, many Christian have suffered greatly from the apostles’ Peter and Paul to the Christians who were beheaded several years ago on the beach by ISIS.  Yes, suffering is part of life and once it hits we do not necessarily need to run from it.

When suffering comes about it is OK  for you to say  “Why me Lord?”  However, if you ask this question you must be ready for his answer. And the answer may be “I am calling you amid your suffering to be with me and from your suffering we will be closer to each other in love, understanding, and salvation.

Here is what I can tell you from my experience Any trouble or suffering you go through God will bring good from it.It is a promise.

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

Nobody likes to suffer but it is part of life. When suffering enters your life you got to decide whether you are going allow your suffering to bring you up or take you down. Many people when encountering suffering try to run by way of booze, drugs, sex, work, and a host of other perversions. That will bring you down big time.  But in your suffering, if you can cry out to Jesus to comfort you with the Holy Spirit the suffering may not go away but it is absorbed along with you by Jesus Christ. He actually lifts you so your suffering while painful is bearable in Christ. 

If you are a Christian your only reaction to pain has to be a call to Christ knowing you are not alone in your suffering. All your Christian brothers and sisters also suffer in their lives. Do not let Satan use your suffering to capture your soul.

Resist him, firm in your faith, knowing that the same kinds of suffering are being experienced by your brotherhood throughout the world. And after you have suffered a little while, the God of all grace,who has called you to his eternal glory in Christ, will himself restore, confirm, strengthen, and establish you.1 Peter 5:9-10   

You do not have to suffer alone. Invite Jesus through the power of the Holy Spirit in and see your salvation soar.