But
If You Suffer
For
Doing Good And Endure It Patiently,
God
Is Pleased With You.
Scripture
1
Peter 2
20 Of
course, you get no credit for being patient if you are beaten for
doing wrong. But if you suffer for doing good and endure it
patiently, God is pleased with you.
21 For God
called you to do good, even if it means suffering, just as Christ
suffered for you. He is your example, and you must follow in his
steps.
Observation
Suffering
… none of us like to suffer … especially when it comes at the
hands of someone else.
Do
you know of someone who is being mistreated right now?
Maybe
that somebody is you?
It
can be verbal abuse, physical abuse, or rejection … if any of those
include you or someone you love then I have some good news. God
cares!
If
you and I are suffering because someone is mistreating us and we
handle it well (we don't get mean and try to retaliate) then God is
pleased with us.
And
if someone we know is being mistreated or if someone we know is
suffering with health issues then God has given us the privilege and
the responsibility of praying for them.
We
should pray and ask God to intervene on his or her behalf. 1 Peter
2:9 tells us that we are “priests” … so who do we know that
needs for us to pray for them?
Application
I
will pray for my friends who are suffering. How about you?
Prayer
Heavenly
Father, You know who I am thinking about right now. Help them Lord.
Give them the strength to handle mistreatment in a way that pleases
You. I pray that the suffering that they are going through will end
soon. I pray for those who are dealing with physical suffering
because of a disease that has attacked their body. Help them deal
with it in a way that pleases You. I pray for healing for my friends
dealing with these both types of suffering. May they please You with
how they handle it.
Daily
Bible Reading: Leviticus 1,2,3; Acts 13 … I added Psalm 6, Psalm
36, Proverbs 6; 1 Peter 2
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