Purpose in Pain

‘Though the rain comes in torrents and the floodwaters rise and the winds beat against that house, it won’t collapse because it is built on bedrock’. Matt.7:25

The pain you experience, God has allowed it for a purpose. However, many of us get too engrossed in the pain and allow it to make us bitter whereas God is saying ‘the pain is supposed to draw you closer to Me’. God is set to use the pain for your good and reveal a dimension of Him that you have been hearing

about but now He wants you to experience. You are guaranteed that all things are working for your good, even pain, when you have a personal walk with God. People who do not have a personal walk with God, the painful experiences can and will destroy them. In Matthew 7:24-27, is an analogy of two buildings. One built on the rock and the other on the sand. The same pain hits both houses ‘…rain comes in torrents and the flood waters rise and the winds beat against…’ both houses. One house remained standing and the other house collapsed. The difference in both scenarios is God, the Rock in their lives. You need to draw closer to God because there in lays your safety both in this world and in the world to come. Heaven and hell are very real. Unfortunately, many of us have turned God, His Church, Pastors and even Jesus into vending machines. Meaning we only go to them when we have problems but when the problems go, we go back to our normal routine until another problem arises. We are now treating God, the Church and Pastors as though they are for solutions only. That is not God’s model; God wants you to have an ongoing relationship, a fellowship with Him. He is God and He wants to have all of you. God wants you to draw close to Him and to show you the purpose in your pain. Wisdom is building your house on the Rock. Run to Jesus today.

Prayer: Father, by Your Spirit, please show me the purpose in my financial, relational, academic, marital, and spiritual pain. Jesus, You are my hiding place; fill my heart with joy.