The topic of suffering is not something we like to look at. We naturally shy away from suffering. But as we have seen, suffering is actually something positive in the life of a believer. God uses it to tremendous affect. We’ve seen already that God uses suffering to produce endurance in us. The next reason why the Bible says we suffer is to increase our faith, our desire for heaven, our eternal perspective, and our focus on spiritual things.

The topic of suffering is not something we like to look at. We naturally shy away from suffering. But as we have seen, suffering is actually something positive in the life of a believer. God uses it to tremendous affect. We’ve seen already that God uses suffering to produce endurance in us. The next reason why the Bible says we suffer is to increase our faith, our desire for heaven, our eternal perspective, and our focus on spiritual things.