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From Suffering to Triumph

1 Peter 5:10

Now the God of all grace, who called you to His eternal glory in Christ Jesus, will personally restore, establish, strengthen, and support you after you have suffered a little.

If you are like me, you are probably thinking that you should be extremely grounded by now. At times, it seems like the suffering never ends in some areas. The truth is, however, that after a while, our suffering ceases as God restores, strengthens, establishes, and supports us through difficulties. While our victory is quite often a process, I dare say most of us can look back on places where we came through things and didn’t realize we had come through until we could look back and see how God had worked on our behalf to take us from one place to another.

We live in an age of instant gratification. We are impressed with overnight successes and often expect our victories to be immediate or sudden. While God may grant us sudden favor, much of life is experienced by gaining ground one step at a time until our victory is complete. Every day presents us with another step to take toward claiming the ground God has promised us. We must be willing to take the step, even if it seems small.

The things we suffer are no match for the grace of God. He will use all things together for our good and His glory. We need only to trust Him through whatever struggles we encounter. He is not glorified in our struggle but in our triumph. As Peter explains, God will personally restore, establish, strengthen, and support us to gain the ground He is giving us. Hold on, keep taking one step at a time, and trust God to work where you can’t. Your race isn’t over until you benefit and He is glorified.

Have a blessed day!

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