16/06/2025
16/6/2025 Monday
IT WILL RESULT IN JOY
Read John 16:16-22
Verse for Meditation: "A woman, when she is in labor, has sorrow because her hour has come; but as soon as she has given birth to the child, she no longer remembers the anguish, for joy that a human being has been born into the world” (Joh 16:21)
Have you ever seen a man in labour before? A woman who is about to deliver a baby is a serious sight to behold! Perhaps you have gone through it as a mother. I was always with my wife each time she went through it. Scientists have described the pain at that moment as the pain of several bones being broken at the same time! But that pain is what produced all of us!
The way of pain is the way of gain for those who love the Lord.
“And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose” (Rom 8:28)
When Jesus started to announce the program of His departure to His disciples, it was not easy for them at all. It was not easy for Jesus to go to the cross. But the way of the cross is the way of salvation for all humanity. Without the cross of Jesus, the entire human race would not cross from darkness to light.
Beloved, endure the pain; your gains will soon manifest. The raw gold must endure the pain of refining for its glory to manifest. The pain is for a season and a purpose. Like the labour pain, it will surely lead to something great.
“In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while, if need be, you have been grieved by various trials, that the genuineness of your faith, being much more precious than gold that perishes, though it is tested by fire, may be found to praise, honor, and glory at the revelation of Jesus Christ” (1 Pet 1:6-7)
“But He knows the way that I take; When He has tested me, I shall come forth as gold” (Job 23:10)
Draw your strength from the Lord when you are in the furnace of affliction. Trust Him that He will never abandon you in your trouble. Believe that you are going somewhere and that He will not abandon you on the way. Endure affliction as a true soldier of the Lord. It will soon end.
But ensure that your pains are not self-inflicted. Many have inflicted pains on themselves because of rebellion, disobedience, wrong judgments, and faulty decisions. Be sure your pain is not the product of your ignorance and carelessness. Not all pains lead to gain. Some, because they are self-inflicted, lead to more pain and deeper frustration. So, be careful how you define what you are going through. Do not be the devil in your own life.
If you discover you are the source of your pain, there is still hope for you. Go to God in true repentance and ask for His help. If your repentance is sincere and genuine, He will help you. He is a forgiving God.
Today’s Prayers
1. Appreciate God for the solution to all your problems in the past and for the help that is coming now.
2. Father, show me Your mercy. Deliver me from this furnace of affliction now, in Jesus name.
3. Powers of Hell, prolonging troubles and pains in my life, crash now and disappear from me in Jesus name.
4. Hands of God, open and bring urgent help to my life in Jesus name.
5. Lord, raise me as a help source for many in my generation from today in Jesus name.
Your pain is ending now, and a new season is beginning today in Jesus name.
You will not be consumed in your situation. You will live to tell the story of it with joy and praise in Jesus name.
Have a blessed week.
Shalom!
©️ Amos Olu Oladele