TOPIC: WHEN YOU ARE TREATED UNFAIRLY
TEXT: 1 PETER 2:20: For what glory is it, if, when ye be buffeted for your faults, ye shall take it patiently? But if, when ye do well, and suffer for it, ye take it patiently, this is acceptable with God.
Brethren, I want you to know that everybody you admire in the Bible was treated unfairly. And God permitted it. Think about Daniel thrown into the lion’s den, and Joseph, locked in prison for doing nothing. What did they do to deserve it? Nothing. Listen, child of God, “if you suffer for doing good and endure it, this is commendable because to this you are called” (1 Peter 2:20-21). Imagine it to be your calling because there’s purpose in your pain everything that touches you today has first passed through God’s hands, and bears His finger prints! He anticipated and approved it. What you are going through right now is preparing you to serve Him more effectively. Paul said. “At my preliminary hearing no one stood by me. They all run away like scared rabbits. But it doesn’t matter because the master stood by me and helped me spread the message” (2 Tim 4:17). Paul didn’t see it as enduring: he saw it as advancing.
Today, you are growing in grace (becoming more gracious), and in the knowledge of the Lord (2 Peter 3:18). You are in the preparation process. You might say, “But I don’t understand”. But listen to what Joni Erickson Tada said, “If God’s mind was small enough for me to understand, He wouldn’t be God”. Sometimes I can’t stand being in this wheel chair, but there God’s grace takes over. Even in that handicap, God has a plan and purpose for your life. So, brethren, whether God brings you out or through trust Him to work for your good. God bless you.
Prayer Points
1. Oh Lord, if I am treated unfairly because of your kingdom, I accept it in the name of Jesus Christ.
2. Oh Lord, make me to know that you are always with me in times of trials in the name of Jesus Christ.
3. I need the spirit of endurance even when I am treated unfairly Oh Lord, in the name of Jesus Christ.
Prophetic Declaration
I decree and declare that the Lord, will make me to endure even when I am treated unfairly in the name of Jesus Christ.
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