Believers seem to have the idea that when we live right we are entitled to blessings. Though we will receive blessings, this isn’t always the case. Some of God’s most precious saints have endured the greatest affliction.
• Paul - 2 Cor. 11:23-28
• Daniel - Dan. 6
• The Hebrew Three - Dan. 3
• David and all the trials of his life
• Jesus was called “a man of sorrows.” - Isa. 53:3
John 16:33 These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.
We never learn what God can do in our lives until we are put in a place where we need Him to do it. That’s where we learn to trust Him. That’s where we grow in the Lord.
The valleys of life are God’s classroom. That’s where He trains us for greater service. The blessings will come.
