To suffer when there is not a reason is very hard. We are to rejoice when we are persecuted or have other troubles because we belong to Christ. Some, like Job, suffer and never know that they are suffering for Christ's sake. These times, no less than those who are persecuted, also suffer for Christ's sake and are blessed. Lord, give special grace to all who suffer for your sake today.
Life is filled with so many challenges.
Take for instance suffering. God is described as a God of mercy, yet there is so much pain and misery in the world. In trying to reconcile the God of all mercy and comforts with a world filled with pain and suffering, we must always remember that we are still in the land of the enemy. And that as the weeds remained until the harvest separates them, pain and suffering remain as long as Satan, the enemy of God and our enemy too, remains at work in this world. So if we suffer in this life it should come as no surprise.