For the more we suffer for Christ, the more God will shower us with his comfort through Christ. — 2 Corinthians 1:5
One of the reasons I am opposed to prosperity gospel preaching is summed up by what John Piper says on the subject, that the prosperity gospel “overlooks or minimizes the dangers of wealth, the biblical call to a wartime mindset, and the necessity and purposes of suffering”
The necessities and purposes of suffering? Not so attractive sounding now, are we, Christianity?
Yet, if the more we suffer for Christ, the more God will comfort us, isn’t suffering then desirable?
The comforts we build for ourselves will only last, at most, for a lifetime. God’s comfort is eternal.
So why do we focus on the comforts made by human hands, when we should desire the suffering that leads to God’s comforts?
Flip your perspective on comfort. Desire suffering. In our weakness, He is strong. In our suffering, He showers comforts.
-Zachariah