There is glory that is reserved for the sufferings if the suffering comes from God. There is something good in hardships. God will not give us something bad. Everything that comes from Him is good, something good. Everything good comes from God. And if the hardships that we will encounter in life will be coming from God, we are sure that it means something good for us. But not all hardships come from God. There are hardships in life caused by greedy men, by the enemies of God, by those who love money, those who love only themselves, who do not love their neighbors, etc. Not all hardships come from God. But we are sure that if a hardship comes from God and God allowed it to happen to us, God wants to teach us something. Let us read. In the book of Romans 8.18, the Bible tells us something very good. ” For I recon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.” The apostle Paul, analyzing the sufferings or hardships in this life, he said, I recon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.
Why did he say the sufferings? As if apostle Paul welcomes these sufferings in him, because it is not worthy to be compared with the glory, meaning there is glory that is reserved for the sufferings. If the suffering comes from God, let us read the reason. In 5 of the book of Romans also, chapter 5, verse 3, let us read. “And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also, knowing that tribulation worketh patience, and patience experience, and experience hope, and hope maketh not ashamed, because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost, which is given unto us.” The apostle Paul is analyzing what will be the end result of suffering, if the suffering or the hardship comes from God. He said, not only so, we glory in tribulations, or sufferings, or problems, or untoward things that happen in our lives, knowing that tribulation worketh patience. Patience is the fruit of hardships and tribulations.
Without tribulations and without hardships, you will not learn that virtue of patience. Patience is a very, very nice virtue in life. It makes us triumphant. Patience makes us professionals. Patience makes us attain our goals in life. Without patience, we will not be finishing our studies. Without patience, we will not be finishing our work. Without patience, paciencia. Patience is good, but it comes from tribulations and hardships. And according to the Word of God written by the apostle Paul, if we have learned patience through tribulation, the next is in verse 4. Patience results into experience. It is true. It’s true. Because of patience, we gain experience, and experience is a feature. And experience hope, and hope make it not a shame. If we have hope, which is the end goal of suffering, because if you do not know how to suffer, if you do not know how to manage hardships in life, ah, you will not have hope. You will lose hope. And you will come to the end of it without achieving anything good. Why does God give us hardships? In order for us to learn the virtue of patience.
