Week 3: Purpose & Possibility In Pain

God created you to be something and do something, and He uses pain to place you, prune you, and perfect you for that purpose. Suffering will come, but how you interpret it decides whether it becomes a setback or a plot point in God’s story. He used betrayal, slavery, and prison to place Joseph where many lives could be saved. He prunes even fruitful lives to bear more fruit, as with Paul’s thorn in the flesh. Through trials He builds endurance, character, and a hope that does not put us to shame. That hope starts at the cross, where Christ died for us while we were still sinners. Receive Jesus as Lord, stop treating yourself as the main character, and ask God what He is doing through your pain.