Are you suffering in your heart, mind, or body today? Are you growing tired or discouraged in the face of your suffering? Maybe you are dealing with an illness or feeling the anguish of loss today. Whatever the source or type of discomfort you are feeling, you can look to Christ for relief. He is the One who can sustain you!
You cannot sustain yourself, and you shouldn’t even try! Instead, Jesus calls you to bring your loss, your pain, and your anguish to the foot of His cross. He invites you to come to Him with your grief, your sadness, and your confusion. And as you do, Jesus’ resurrection power flows out to you, and He sustains you by His amazing grace so that you can say, “But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me. For the sake of Christ, then, I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities. For when I am weak, then I am strong.” 2 Corinthians 12:9-10
As Jesus carries you through your time of suffering, others will see your weakness and suffering and wonder about the hope that you have through it. And you’ll have a chance to tell them the good news of Christ’s death and resurrection that is powerful for salvation and sanctification (1 Peter 3:15) and enables you to endure the worst kind of suffering. Suffering is hard, but it is productive and evangelistic when we look to Jesus through our tears.
“That I may know him and the power of his resurrection, and may share his sufferings, becoming like him in his death” (Philippians 3:10).
Question: How does looking to Jesus sustain you through suffering?
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Gary writes, "Looking to my Redeemer, His resurrection power sustains me through my suffering!"
Mike L. writes, "Hebrews says; "that for the joy set before Him, He endured the cross", when I think about this, that it was a joy for Jesus to endure the cross on my behalf, because He knew I would be His for eternity, this infuses me with strength to endure any sorrow or hardship that I may encounter. Knowing that Jesus is alive now and forever, gives me such hope, because of this I know that no matter what happens there is light at the end of the tunnel and our sufferings here on earth are but a grain of sand in light of eternity. Thank you, Lord Jesus for suffering on my behalf so I could experience everlasting joy!!
Hebrews 12:2 The Passion Translation (TPT)
2 We look away from the natural realm and we fasten our gaze onto Jesus who birthed faith within us and who leads us forward into faith’s perfection. His example is this: Because his heart was focused on the joy of knowing that you would be his, he endured the agony of the cross and conquered its humiliation, and now sits exalted at the right hand of the throne of God!" Judy writes, "As I look to Christ suffering I know I can make it through mine. My redeemer lives!"
Cheryle writes, "It causes me to realize how much I have been given, even through suffering, that Jesus endured every possible suffering imaginable to obtain my salvation and to enable me to live a Godly life. I know I can endure through the Cross!"