RTW January 29

A New Perspective on Suffering

Be on guard! Turn back from evil, for God sent this suffering to keep you from a life of evil.
Job 36:21

 

 

My Takeaways

Something Old

  • God sent the suffering
  • The suffering was for his protection

Something New

What if God wants to:

  • Propel us to a new level in our faith
  • Prohibit future pain and suffering
  • Prepare a lesson especially just for me through suffering

Something to Do

Rethink suffering.

 

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3 Comments

  1. My Takeaways:
    Wise Elihu speaks again

    Something Old: Suffering makes us sronger

    Something New:
    Job 35: 12-13 Job had too much pride. How can his prayers be answered when he is devoid of pure motives.

    Something To Do:
    Stop praying for my sinful desires, instead pray for God’s will. Remember God is not obligated to answer my prayers in the affirmative. He will not act in ways contrary to His will, even if I pray without ceasing. I must not pray for my personal pleasures.

  2. Totally agree with what you said about suffering being for out good. I don’t understand everything that had to happen to me on the last 2 1/2 years but I do know that I am closer to God than I have ever been. Sometimes the things or identifies that we cling to have to be stripped away so we can truly know who we are in Him!

  3. Thank you for this lesson. The song from Mercy Me: the Hurt and the Healer comes to my mind when hearing your lesson. It pretty much helped me through some of my darkest times….I played it over and over and over again and it somehow comforted me. That my suffering would not be in vain. I am convinced that sometimes the suffering is needed to prevent from anything worse I could get into. You don’t see it at the moment itself but looking backwards it is often clear to me why certain things needed to happen or why certain things took place. It comes down to trust. To trust that God is still good, even though I suffer. That God still wants the best for me like He always does and that God is walking me through all this. My to do is to pray for keeping my trust in Him always and for hanging on to Him no matter what happens in my life….

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