Suffering Does Not Discriminate

Suffering will come for all of us in various forms. It does not matter how old you are or how mature you are in your walk with Christ. Can you be prepared for suffering? Yes, which is another subject for another post.

Many people think suffering comes to people because of something in their life. Granted, God can use suffering as a form of discipline when someone is wandering away yet there are times suffering comes when things seem to be going right.

Job had everything going for him till God allowed Satan to cause him harm yet under the rule to not take his life. The problem is we think there are some people that do not deserve suffering, which is not true. We all deserve much worse including suffering. 

We have a member at our church who is going through colon cancer right now. In fact, he is one of our pastors. I was having a conversation with a brother in the church; he said that maybe this is happening because of the type of person he is. As one who has been through cancer, I found that a little insulative. When I went through cancer, God used to that to convict me of false teachings that I was following at that time. 

Now there are people who would say that this pastor should not have gotten cancer because of the person he is. Not true. Suffering does not discriminate. Suffering will happen to all regardless of age and spiritual maturity. The church needs to stop thinking that suffering is only for those who are the bottom of the food chain in the church, which is really sad saying that. 

The body of Christ needs to be there for another in the midst of their suffering. We need to stop highlighting certain ones who are going through suffering when there are others going through it as well. Suffering is not discriminatory and neither should be the care the church has for one another.