[Manna - June 24]
If children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ, if so be that we suffer with Him, that we may be also glorified together. Romans 8:17
READING the Father's plans for ourselves, in the
light of His will exemplified in His dealings with our
Master, we may settle it at once that it is not His will
to keep us from all pain and trial and sufferings, and
to carry us triumphantly to glory on flowery beds of
ease.
Quite the reverse, indeed, must be our course
if we would follow in the footsteps of Him whom God
set forth to be, not only a satisfaction for the sins of
the whole world, but also a pattern to the church,
which is His body.
And this much learned of God's
plan and will promptly teaches us that we must not
expect and should not ask freedom from pain and
trouble, which His wisdom has ordained to be the
path to glory. Z.'96-151 R2000:2