Promises

Thursday night I opened up my devotional and there again was 1 Peter 5:5-10 but one thing I noted this time that I had not before was verse 10. There it says, "After you have suffered for a little while the God of all grace, who called you to eternal glory in Christ will himself perfect, confirm, strengthen and establish you." What a great promise from God. In Romans 8, I read tonight about how we are to share in Christ's sufferings here on earth, in order that we may share in his glories even more in Heaven.
Often times here, especially in the comfortable lives we live in the United States, it is hard to make that one painful decision simply because it will be painful. I don't know about you but I definitely avoid pain. But God says we should go and make those decisions and stand firm in His foundation resisting the devil. That we may share in His sufferings and even more in His glories.