"If you are insulted because of the name of Christ, you are blessed, for the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you. 15 If you suffer, it should not be as a murderer or thief or any other kind of criminal, or even as a meddler."(1Peter 4:14-15)
Believers in Christ we should understand that Christianity is full of force and hatred cause by enemies who always disconnected with the words of God. Whenever two things have opposite reaction, definitely there would be disagreement between two of them. Christians speak of truth, teaches what is right, save people from dangers, seek freedom for humanity, but this rather the vice-versa of what is seen in our enemies; they always want our retrogression instead of seeking our progress. They do not believe what right; they always want sins to exist, as we Christians seek for freedom and unity, they would always want to hear misunderstanding and anarchy in the society. So, Christians experience some forces and instability moment with these enemies.
We can receive the glory of God through these forces that our enemies post to us if we can withstand these forces. When can these forces cease to happen in our lives? These are some of the questions we do ask ourselves. These forces or troubles the Devil will not stop coming unless this Earth has come to an end or the individual Christians die and cease to exist on Earth. That is why God said; " woe unto men as your enemy Satan has been thrown unto Earth!" The only means for us to live is to lean on God and his Jesus Christ, be with the word of God, pray daily, wait upon the Lord and endure in all our days, whiles we continue to experience the forces the Devil post everyday. Our Lord God will be on our side and victory will be ours when we wait upon the Lord.
Beloved, we shouldn't think that the suffering is something which is now coming or something which has come as a surprise. The suffering were there, right from the creation, when Adam and Eve were created, the first suffering they faced was to be tempted by the Serpent to eat the fruit of righteousness and sin. The fail to withstand the force of test from the Devil, and this resulted to the death which has been there for mankind. As Christians we should not forget of these forces so that when they come we can endure to receive Victory from God.
