What is the value of your suffering?
Posted by appolus on December 31, 2020
Are you tired today? Weary? Tiredness and weariness is a tough part of the journey. A dangerous part no doubt, but it is something that we saints all face. In the end it comes down to “will you put one foot in front on another?” Will you persevere? Will you endure to the end? You may wonder what part this plays in your journey. What part loss? What part pain? Tragedy and desperation, do any of these things have value?
A vital aspect of all of this is that it fundamentally refutes the accuser of the brethren. Many saints think that because their suffering is not directly related to the cause of Christ that somehow it does not count. That is a lie from hell. Satan has a insatiable appetite to see you fall, to see your testimony crash on the rocks of your trials. If he can see this come to pass, it bolsters his lie before the throne.
In the very first pages of Job we see the enemy of our soul come before God and basically say that those who claim to love God only do so because God blesses them, He protects them. Take that away and they will reject God, they will curse God. And so as we journey on through the straight and narrow path, we are a living witness in an ancient court room drama. No where is this more dramatically played out than on Calvary itself where in the darkest moment of the life of Jesus He believes He has been forsaken. His soul had been flooded with the dark waters of despair and even a gross supernatural darkness that has fallen across the land.
The Lord never rejects His Father. In fact we see the Lord minister from the cross. He is thinking about His mother, He is asking for those who did this to Him to be forgiven, He is reaching out to the thief. He is doing all of that because He is acting according to His nature. We, His children, will in the end act according to our nature. Not the old one, but the new one and this new one will be and is being proven in the very midst of the fire. All faith is tested.
Imagine the power of the witness who cries out from the depths of darkness of their love for God. Imagine how this shakes the very foundations of hell. Hell itself is built on a foundation of lies. And every act of faith by the children of God is an earthquakes that shakes hell’s foundations. Every act of faith is a flaming fiery arrow that ricochets off and is deflected by a golden shield and the arrow returns and pierces the one who fires it. The fire of hell is the refuted lie.
The accuser of the brethren truly falls when the sons and daughters of God praise Him in the midnight hour.
In the darkest hours of our lives, when everything we have has been stripped away, when our lives have been dismantled, when the enemy waits with baited breath to hear you curse God and die but instead he hears “even if you kill me Lord yet will I trust you,” then the gates of hell are breached. The gavel falls, the accuser is exposed and the sentence is passed.
This dear saint is the value of your pain. It’s the value of your suffering. Your loss, your tiredness and your weariness is the backdrop to the reality of your genuine unconditional love for God. It’s a witness to what God said. It is the evidence that convicts the enemy. It is God’s creation and it is marvelous and wonderful. He first loves us as proven by Calvary and we in return love Him. And so shall it ever be for all eternity.
A Call To The Remnant 
David` Jantzi said
Well said, Frank. Right now our family has been directed by the Spirit to cease attending the fellowship I have been part of for over 40 years. Before allegations came up against our longtime pastor of sexual misconduct towards adolescents we had received prophesies (my wife,daughter and me) about what was about to to come into focus. I did some consequential investigation, coming up with disturbing results. When I addressed this to the church elders, they attempted to force me to believe the leader rather than do further investigation. Hearing from God and receiving prophesies is not part of the tradition. Hence, I am now a “false prophet”.
Thankfully, I know the God Whom I serve and recognize His Voice! False reports are now being spread about me, but I remember what Jesus suffered for me – He is worthy! I suspect that these institutions of men will shortly crumble so that God can build His church! There are still many godly people from where I left who are being fed distorted information so I am praying for their protection. May He raise up a people who sanctify His worthy Name!
appolus said
God bless you brother, the story that you tell has played out over and over again everywhere. God alone builds His house, and any other house stands without a foundation. This will stand for a while but when the storm comes, and the river rises and the wind beats upon it, come the dawn the building is gone……..bro Frank.
Valerie Hastie said
God bless you Frank. You have no idea how much this post means to me because of the physical weakness I suffer. If this is suffering for Christ then I count it all joy! One day at a time and one foot in front of the other. Hallelujah! Much love in Christ Val ✝️
On Thu, Dec 31, 2020, 11:11 PM A Call To The Remnant wrote:
> appolus posted: “Are you tired today? Weary? Tiredness and weariness is a > tough part of the journey. A dangerous part no doubt, but it is something > that we saints all face. In the end it comes down to “will you put one foot > in front on another?” Will you persevere? Will y” >
appolus said
Amen sister, may the Lord be glorified in everything! …….bro Frank.