We are not told about certain things in our christian walk.

At a point in my life, I used to believe that all my trials needed to be addressed by God until I found myself in the company of someone who made me understand that many times when we go through various sufferings and trials, we are actually partaking in the sufferings of Christ.

To say the truth, when I heard this statement, I felt puzzled until the day I stumbled upon the verse in the bible that confirmed the statement. “That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death”. Philippians 3V10;

“But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ’s sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy” 1 Peter 4V13

We are to count it all joy when we fall into various trials and are to view our sufferings as our crosses. In so doing, we cause them to flow like water over our backs. The day I grasped the wisdom in these statements, it changed my perspective about certain issues. 

The devil never wastes his time on people going nowhere. In fact, the measure of your trials and afflictions just reveals how great your destiny is. Sadly, many of us christians are chasing various solutions and are getting mixed up in negative lifestyles all in a bid, to ease the pain emanating from our sufferings. In, the end, we not only miss the point but also miss entering into our wealthy places/destinies. 

Let me expatiate this above point. 

When I suffered the issue of captivity for those nine years of my life, I made it a habit to seek solutions as much as I could when the weight of my affliction became heavier but guess what? it didn’t end it. I noticed instead, that the day I told myself that I would no longer fight. If God insisted that I stay down every time I tried to rise up and fight it, that I would do so, caused the day of my visitation to approach speedily. Why? because I had attained patience. 

This passage says it more clearly “ Count it all joy, my brethren when ye fall into manifold temptations; knowing that the proving of your faith worketh patience”. James 1v2-3.

Another example could be my post about totally accepting being unable to hear through my right ear. The reason I stated this is because I’ve accepted the affliction as my cross, so it no longer disturbs me. You may be asking me why. My reason stems from the fact that I’ve committed myself into the hands of the one who is able to keep that which I have entrusted into his hands until that great day – even my life.

Yes, I do understand that we wrestle not against flesh and blood. I also totally accept that we are to fight the good fight of faith, but there are certain issues that occur that we may have taken to God in prayer and sought solutions for. However, they remain persistent in our life. 

Rather than becoming bitter and drowning ourselves in the sorrow emanating from that predicament. We can choose to accept the issue as our cross and allow it to flow like water over our backs. Knowing that in so doing we are inherently affirming that as we go through the suffering and trial, we are partaking in the sufferings of Christ. 

This in essence is the point behind my post.