Slowly, but surely, they can run a little longer than they used to be able to do so.
When they do that, a crazy thing happens – they grown in endurance. They override what their body and brain are telling them and they keep running. However, we know that many do not stop there. As they do so, they will discover that they can run only to a certain point before their body starts to hurt – their lungs burn, their legs feel like rubber – and their brain tells them they should stop. It is the beginning of the new year and many will be setting resolutions about fitness and cardio health. How can suffering produce endurance? Perhaps the best illustration of this is physical exercise, especially running. The first thing that suffering produces in endurance. Not a rejoicing at what is happening to us necessarily, but a rejoicing at what it will produce. But rejoicing in suffering is more than an external measure. It doesn’t mean that we break one arm and say “thank God I didn’t break both arms”. Rejoicing in sufferings doesn’t mean that we go around with a smile while we are enduring pain or tribulation. Verse three begins with “not only that,” meaning not only do we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God, but because we have been justified by faith, we can also rejoice in our sufferings. Romans 5 begins by stating that because we have been justified by faith, we have peace and grace from God and rejoice in the hope of the glory of God. Romans 5:3-5ģ Not only that, but we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, 4 and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, 5 and hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us. In order to demonstrate that suffering is a blessing, I want to explain Romans 5:3-5. While much has been written about suffering being a curse (or think of punishment due sin), I want to explain how suffering is a blessing.
However, the Bible teaches us that suffering can function both as a curse and a blessing.
Because we do so, we often think of suffering as the opposite of blessing. It is common for us to think of suffering as a curse.
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