Why Good Men Suffer

The Apostle Paul wrote in (Romans 8.18 ESV), “For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us.” One day, Jesus is coming again, and“He will set right every wrong and wipe away every tear, and suffering will be no more,” (Revelation 21.4 ESV)! Until then, we look to Jesus and trust Him to give us strength to overcome. Jesus told His disciples, “Here on earth you will have many trials and sorrows. But take heart, because I have overcome the world,” (John 16.33 NlT). 

When Satan sought to destroy Jesus and make Him suffer on the cross, God worked even that for our good and for His glory. While we all endure suffering, we can find comfort in God. The Scripture promises that God is moved when we suffer (Psalm 34.18 ESV), Jesus prays for us to the Father when we go through seasons of suffering (Romans 8.34 ESV) and ultimately God will put an end to suffering once and for all.

The Apostle Paul wrote in (1 Corinthians 13.12 NlT), “Now we see things imperfectly, like puzzling reflections in a mirror, but then we will see everything with perfect clarity. All that I know now is partial and incomplete, but then I will know everything completely, just as God now knows me completely.” 

Forces of evil: There is a real, unseen spiritual world of evil that empowers and emboldens evil in our world. (Ephesians 6.12 NIV) says, “For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.” 

"Just as the vast number of rivers, all the rain that falls in showers from above, and the massive volume of mineral springs do not alter the taste of the sea, do not even moderate it, so adversity’s onslaughts are powerless to affect the spirit of a brave man: it remains unshaken and makes all events assume its own colour; for it is stronger than all external forces."

— Seneca