DON’T WASTE YOUR PAIN
No one likes pain—of any kind, whether it’s physical, emotional, relational, or spiritual. But since pain in this world is inevitable.
Have you all ever gone through any pain? Are you suffering from pain due to physical illness? Has someone hurt you in the past ? You have not forgotten that pain and remember it again and again? still living in the same pain it seems so hard to forget ? Do you feel like you’re running from the pain or the memories of the past ? Let’s think about it.
Let me ask you one more thing, what does it mean, don’t waste the pain? How do we waste pain?
When we remember and reflect on our pain again and again, our mind becomes distressed, we become victims of depression, we move away from God. And in our lives there is despair, loneliness, restlessness, failure and desire to commit suicide, lack of interest in prayer. And that’s how Satan takes over us and that’s how we waste pain.
What do we have to do to not waste the pain??
Let see what Jesus told–
Jesus told us pain and suffering would be a part of our lives
(Jn 16:33)
These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.
Lord Jesus Christ is consoling us that there will be many troubles in this world but I have overcome the world, take courage and do not worry. So Bring your pain to God don’t run from him.
1. Bring your pain to God don’t run from him
When you run from God in seasons of challenge, all you’re left with is your own limited ability to cope with what you’re walking through. On the other hand, God invites us to draw near to him that we might experience his peace, healing, and closeness and this is what Scripture points us towards.
Psalm: 34:18
“The Lord is close to the brokenhearted; he rescues those whose spirits are crushed.”
Psalm: 147:3 “He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.”
Like our need for a surgeon to address physical wounds to our body, God desires to conduct divine surgery on our soul which results in supernatural healing despite how difficult our challenge.
When we bring our pain to God we recognize that there is a purpose and in time the One who loves us unconditionally will reveal his divine purpose through it.
2. Believe that God will turn your sorrow into great joy.
One of the paradoxes of Christianity is that our good God uses pain for our good. Meaning that our biggest sorrows can result in our greatest joy. When you think about Jesus’ greatest sorrow – suffering the shame, punishment, and death for our sin, the result was great joy – the redemption of humanity and the opportunity for a relationship with the living God.
Margaret Testimony
These days I am reading a book Don’t Waste Your Pain, in this book there is a story of a sister, her name is Margaret, the pain she had to endure at the hands of her brother.
Her own brother sexually abused her and this pain lasted till the age of 14 and due to this pain Margaret became very bitter, sarcastic and started fighting with others with harsh words.
But when she came to know Lord Jesus Christ, she gave heart to the Lord and soon there after had encounter with the Holy Spirit where she felt His healing and Cleansing. after that her brother never abused her again.
By the grace of God and the help of the Holy Spirit, she forgave her brother and after that she received a marriage proposal, she told the man( Bill) everything about herself and the man happily accepted Margaret ; he loved her unconditionally. Now she is very happy with her husband and children.
When did all this become possible ? when Margaret surrendered herself and her pain to God, only then did she get rid of that pain, only then was she able to forgive her brother. God will turned her sorrow into Great Joy.
John:16:22 And ye now therefore have sorrow: but I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no man taketh from you.
3) Pain will not last forever God puts an end to pain in our lives
Like you, I have faced difficult times in life, and I have learned to tell myself, “This can’t last forever. This, too, shall pass.” When you are going through hardship, deep disappointment, or some struggle that seems impossible, it’s easy to be tempted to think, I cannot stand this for one more day.
The devil takes advantage of our hurts and wounds and tempts us to think several times a day that our trials are going to last forever, that we will hurt for the rest of our lives, or that the negative effect of our problems will be permanent. We think, and sometimes fear, our pain will follow us everywhere we go for as long as we live. The truth is nothing on earth lasts forever. The only thing we have that is eternal is our life in Christ. In the context of eternity, the struggles that seem unending in this life are actually quite brief. God always wants to heal us, restore us, and deliver us.
Paul’s point in 2 Corinthians 4:17–18 is that seasons of difficulty always pass. They do not last forever. Going through trials is tough, but God is always with us—helping us, encouraging us, and fighting our battles for us. He never wants us to stay in pain. He always wants to heal us.
And if we want to get rid of that pain forever, we just have to hand over our pain to God and always remember that…
THERE IS HOPE IN JESUS AND YOU ARE NOT ALONE
LET’S PRAY
Lord, I lift up to you all of those who today are walking through pain. Some of them may be walking through unbearable valleys of suffering that I couldn’t begin to comprehend. I ask for your comfort for them. I ask that you reveal your love to them in ways they might have never known before. I pray for your encouragement and grace to sustain them during this season of sorrow. I ask that you would bring people alongside them to comfort and help sustain them. I ask that you strengthen their faith to trust that you have plans to prosper them, plans to give them hope and a future. I ask that you help them to trust that the outcome might not be what they planned, but it will be so much better because you planned it. Thank you Jesus I ask these things in Jesus’ name, Amen and Amen.
Sol. Laxmi K