Love Worth Finding - Aug. 17, 2008

AUGUST 17 

The Fire of Affliction 

“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? It is 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? 

Somebody 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.

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