1 Pet. {3:17} For it is better, if the will of God be so, that ye suffer for well doing, than for evil doing.
If the will of God be so.
All is done by the will of God. The good, the bad, the happiness, the suffering it is allowed by God there is no getting away from that. Allowed but not orginating from God. Sin orginated with Satan. Some might argue that God created all things so He had to have created sin too. Any parent that creates a child and raises them and the child goes on to be something totally unexpected- a monster of sorts, a criminal- is it automatically the parents fault that the child has gone wrong? No. Yes, when God created something called free will He allowed for the possibility of good or evil. If God had created free will without any possibility of there being a choice, is it truly free will? If a person is only given one road to walk on do they have a choice of walking any other?
The will of God wasn't to live in a world where He ruled without other beings allowed a choice. Angels were given that free will. We have no clue how long angels lived without sinning, none. What we do know is an angel finally chose not to love and trust in God.
There are mysteries we can't possibly understand and some would say because they can't understand everything, the whole deal is a huge fable. Some don't want to live by faith and that is their choice they are free to make.
If the will of God be so.
The will of God. We live by the will of God. We were created by the will of God. Some call God a monster for His will. They scream that God shouldn't allow this or that, yet the minds that are scream it do not know that end from the beginning as God does.
If the will of God be so that you suffer for well doing it's better than suffering for evil doing.
Some are called to suffer even though they do no wrong, they harm no one, they are good and they suffer for it. How much better is it for us to suffer for good? Much, much better.
Suffer for good.
If the will of God be so... we suffer.
Ultimately it is the will of God that we be His, but only we can make that choice. He offers us everything, but before everything we may be called to suffer. Jesus suffered.
1 Pet. {3:14} But and if ye suffer for righteousness’ sake, happy [are ye:] and be not afraid of their terror, neither be troubled; {3:15} But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and [be] ready always to [give] an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope
that is in you with meekness and fear.
Suffer for righteousness' sake - happy are ye.
We don't have to understand, we want to be we don't have to.
May the will of God be done now and forever and may we all suffer for good, suffer for righteousness sake, suffer in faith knowing that any suffering now is nothing compared to the promises given us. Easy to say, yes, very easy. May God bless us and keep us in Him no matter what.
By the grace and mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ!
Amen.
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