Pain Has Its Place

Pain has a purpose. 

In the same way I will not cause pain without allowing something new to be born,” says the Lord….‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭66:9‬ ‭NCV‬‬ 

Anxiety/Depression/Crisis has a purpose. 

We do not want you to be uninformed, brothers and sisters, about the troubles we experienced in the province of Asia. We were under great pressure, far beyond our ability to endure, so that we despaired of life itself. Indeed, we felt we had received the sentence of death. But this happened that we might not rely on ourselves but on God, who raises the dead. 2 Corinthians‬ ‭1:8-9‬ ‭NIV

Dear brothers and sisters, when troubles of any kind come your way, consider it an opportunity for great joy. For you know that when your faith is tested, your endurance has a chance to grow. So let it grow, for when your endurance is fully developed, you will be perfect and complete, needing nothing.

‭‭James‬ ‭1:2-4‬ ‭NLT‬‬

Mistakes/Guilt has a purpose. 

I am not sorry that I sent that severe letter to you, though I was sorry at first, for I know it was painful to you for a little while. Now I am glad I sent it, not because it hurt you, but because the pain caused you to repent and change your ways. It was the kind of sorrow God wants his people to have, so you were not harmed by us in any way. For the kind of sorrow God wants us to experience leads us away from sin and results in salvation. There’s no regret for that kind of sorrow. But worldly sorrow, which lacks repentance, results in spiritual death. 2 Corinthians‬ ‭7:8-10‬ ‭NLT‬‬

Injustice has a purpose. 

“You intended to harm me, but God intended it all for good. He brought me to this position so I could save the lives of many people.” Genesis‬ ‭50:20‬ ‭NLT‬‬

 

All of it has a purpose. 

And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose. For those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers and sisters. And those he predestined, he also called; those he called, he also justified; those he justified, he also glorified. What, then, shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all—how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things? Romans‬ ‭8:28-32‬ ‭NIV‬‬

 

We have small troubles for a while now, but they are helping us gain an eternal glory that is much greater than the troubles. ‭‭2 Corinthians‬ ‭4:17‬ ‭NCV