Philip. 4:13 I Can Do Everything Through Him Who Gives Me Strength.

We can do everything God wills for us to do. God does not tell us to do anything we want to do. In all the things God wants us to do we can do everything He wants us to do because He gives us power and strength. What God wants us to do when we are in pain may be incredibly difficult. However, if God wills us, God empowers us. God gives us strength when we align our will in the same direction as His will. We may be lame and unable to walk in this life. However, if the Lord wills us to be patient and show others love, then God will give us the power to show others love. God does not will us to do sinful acts. God does not will us to go in directions leading us into temptation. In the weakness of our pain, we must keep our heart and mind solely on what God wants for us and from us. By focusing our strength on what God wants for us and from us, we will receive His utmost reward when we see Him face to face.

Psalm 68:35 You Are Awesome, O God, In Your Sanctuary; The God Of Israel Gives Power And Strength To His People. Praise Be To God!

In pain, we do not have enough power and enough strength. Our pain weakens us and degrades us. In pain, we are to cling to God. From God we can receive strength and power to not just survive but to prosper. We may not prosper as the world understands prosperity. However, we will prosper in our understanding of God. We will prosper in understanding how He works in all matters. God gives His strength and power to the afflicted because He loves them. God understands we want an end to our afflictions. Over time, and over the span of our life, God will bless us, even in our darkest of hours. God’s strength and power will help us find humility as our ego is diminished in our pain. When we fully put our life in the hands of God, He makes us better instead of bitter.

Mark 13:11 Whenever You Are Arrested And Brought To Trial, Do Not Worry Beforehand About What To Say. Just Say Whatever Is Given You At The Time, For It Is Not You Speaking, But The Holy Spirit.

We are seldom arrested by the police because of our pain. What we do experience is a time when our pain makes us silent. Not knowing what to say in our pain can lead us to say nothing at all. In those times when we are put into silence, we must let God speak to us. In our silence from our pain, we must let the Lord give us His words of healing, love, kindness, and compassion. In those times when we are doubled over and silent, God can become more real for us than at any other time. We may know God loves us, but do we know He loves us when we are in the deep darkness of our pain? God does give us messages via the Holy Spirit. In our hurt and heartbreak, God comes to us in the Spirit to tell us how much He loves us. Our healing may not become complete in the here and now. Our healing will definitely become complete in the hereafter.

Matthew 6:34 Therefore Do Not Worry About Tomorrow, For Tomorrow Will Worry About Itself. Each Day Has Enough Trouble Of Its Own.

The pain we feel can cause us anxiety and fear. When we are in pain we can end up being supreme worriers. To deal with each day and each day's worries, we are to live one day at a time. We cannot change the past. We cannot change what will happen tomorrow. We may be unable to change parts of our life today. What we can do is live minute to minute, then hour to hour, then day to day. Our best strategy is not to try and live ahead of where we are. We need to learn to absorb the beauty of the moment, even when we are in pain. Satan tries to destroy us using pain as a weapon. Being under so much attack, we can tend to get overly cautious and try to live for tomorrow in order to lessen the pain we fear today.

Romans 5:2 And We Rejoice In The Hope Of The Glory Of God.

We may not want to rejoice or feel like rejoicing when we are in pain. Pain takes the joy out of our life. However, our Lord is greater than our pain. Our Lord gives us hope when hope would seem to be impossible. Our Lord stands against pain. Our Lord is so against pain He has made for us a special place called heaven where pain is banished forever. Because we have a loving God, we can rejoice in hope He is always with us and for us. Our God is not is some far off place. Our God through the Holy Spirit is within us, whether we are in pain or not. God continually comes to be with us in our pain and sorrow. Not only is God with us in our pain and sorrow, He will be with us until we are with Him in heaven.

Philip. 4:4 Rejoice In The Lord Always. I Will Say It Again: Rejoice!

When we are in pain, the word "rejoice" can ring hallow. However, we must look beyond the mere human meaning of the above verse. The above verse does not tell us to rejoice about conditions in our life at the moment. The above verse does tell us to rejoice in the Lord. When we think about God, when we think about how God is love, about Christ coming to earth to save us and take us into heaven to be with Him, then we can begin to get an inkling of the meaning of the Apostle Paul's words. In the fullest meaning of the verse, we can rejoice in our suffering because we are valuable enough to Christ we are being attacked by Satan making us hurt. We can count as gain how Satan is trying to make us lose or Satan has caused us to suffer loss. In a magnificent supernatural sense, we can always live in a state of joy because the Lord blesses us and keeps us. We can rejoice because we are loved and forgiven by God. We can rejoice because our future in eternal heaven in assured. No matter how difficult our present life may be or may become, we have another life waiting for us just beyond the clouds. Praise His Name. Amen.

Col. 1:5 The Faith And Love That Spring From The Hope That Is Stored Up For You In Heaven And That You Have Already Heard About In The Word Of Truth, The Gospel

If there is anything we need, then we need faith and love. Even more than a relief from our pain, we need faith and love. We are able to possess faith and love because we have hope. We have a certainty Christ will wipe away every one of our tears. We have hope, faith, and love because the words of Christ are written for us in His scripture. Our hope gives us a picture of our future…a picture so sweet and full of life we have difficulty even trying to grasp the full extent of our future days. Our hope gives us a picture of our life to come when our life is full of love…the purist love that could ever be. Our hope gives us an enduring real life time when we will not have to live in the valley of tears we call this present earth and time. Christ came to earth to give us faith, hope, and love. In Him and through Him, we have a future when faith, hope, and love become our reality.