Affliction, Submission In

Affliction, Submission In

Isa. 40:31; Matt. 5:11, 10:19; 1 Cor. 10:13; 2 Cor. 1:4, 3:5, 11:30, 12:5; Eph. 3:16; Phil. 4:13; Col. 1:11; 1 Tim. 1:14; Heb. 4:16; 1 Peter 4:13-14.

Rutherford beautifully writes, in reference to the value of sanctified trial and the wisdom of submitting to it in God's will: "Why should I complain at the plough of my Lord, that maketh deep burrows on my soul? I know that He is no idle husband-man; He purposeth a crop. Oh, what I owe to the file, the hammer, to thre furnace of my Lord Jesus, who hath now let me see how good the wheat of Christ is that goeth through His mill and His oven, to be made bread for His own table."

~D. L. Moody~

Afflictions, blessings of

Isa. 40:31; Matt. 5:11, 10:19; 1 Cor. 10:13; 2 Cor. 14:3-5, 11:30, 12:5; Eph. 3:16; Phil. 4:13; Col. 1:11; 1 Tim. 1:14; Heb. 4:16; 1 Peter 4:13-14.

Dryer said, "Afflictions are blessings to us when we can bless God for afflictions. Suffering has kept many from sinning. God had one Son without sin; but He never had any without sorrow. Fiery trials make golden Christians sanctified afflictions are spiritual promotions."

~D. L. Moody~