Christ Jesus suffered unjustly. His reason was to fully pay the price for our health, spiritual and physical. His reward is to see us walk in God’s blessing.

Similarly, we have the option of suffering under injustice to receive a reward in the afterlife. Scripture clarifies, no present suffering is enjoyable, but will yield good fruit when God hands out rewards when He judges everything.

Athletes do it all the time … they endure exhausting and often painful training regimens to reap the reward of maximized performance when they compete.

We don’t like to suffer. If we could only realize how beneficial our temporary pain will be when we pass the test and reap our reward.  Peter encouraged us to set our affection on thing above (in the eternal hereafter) rather than things here below.

READ/HEAR: 1 Peter 1,2