Suffering tests us and reveals the real us – we are not as faithful, prayerful, or obedient as we think.
Hi, I’m Joni Eareckson Tada. I remember being on a long flight home after a busy trip, and oh my goodness, my corset – that’s what helps me breathe – was really digging into me. No matter what my husband did to try to make me comfortable, I was in pain – great pain. Now, normally, it would have been enough to drive me to pray. But not this time. I was so fed up with my disability. Later that night while lying in bed, I thought, “You know, that’s not like me to have done that.” But then it hit me. I am like that – that was the “me” that my pain revealed, because suffering always tests us, always asks us, “Who are you, really?” And it’s good that we see we are not as faithful, not as prayerful, or as obedient as we thought. So today, when your troubles reveal the real you, remember Hebrews 12 and do not miss the grace of God, because his grace will reveal the real you – the “you” that wants to honor Jesus.
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