The Sufferings of God's Children 神兒女的苦難

As children of God, we must know that the sufferings that come to us are related to God’s discipline. All the sufferings and problems we encounter, regardless of whether they are from the natural world or Satan, are permitted to come to us by God for the sake of our discipline. We should not consider any suffering that comes to us as natural, spontaneous, or coincidental; we must see that all sufferings are arranged and permitted by God. The Lord Jesus said that two sparrows, which are sold for an assarion, cannot fall to the earth apart from the will of God, and He said that the hairs of our head have not only been counted but also numbered (Matt. 10:29-30). Since God pays attention to such small matters, how could anything happen to us without God’s permission and arrangement? God not only loves His children, but He also is very wise. His will for us is expressed through His wisdom according to His love, and He permits us to encounter sufferings that will discipline and benefit us. His good will, which is carried out for us according to His love and in His wisdom, is a source of sufferings. (Crucial Truths in the Holy Scriptures, Vol. 5 Ch. 49)

有一件事，我們作神的兒女必須知道，就是臨到我們身上一切的苦難，其中都有神對我們的管教。我們所遭遇的一切苦楚為難，不論是來自天然界的，還是出於撒但的，都是神為著管教我們，而許可我們遭遇的。我們不該把所遇到的任何苦難，看作自然的、天然的、偶然的、巧遇的，必須看作是神所安排的，是神所許可的。主耶穌說，若不是我們的天父許可，就是值半分銀子的麻雀，連一個也不會落在地上；我們的頭髮，神不只都數過，並且號過了。（太十30，『數過』原文是『號過』。）像這樣微不足道的東西，在我們身上，都有神特別的注意，就還有甚麼事臨到我們身上，會不是出於神的許可或安排？神對祂的兒女，不僅有愛心，也有智慧。神的智慧照著祂的愛心對我們的美意，安排或許可苦難給我們遭遇，叫我們受管教、得益處，所以祂這出於祂的愛心，由祂的智慧來執行到我們身上的美意，常是我們受苦的一個原因、一個由來。《 聖經要道 第四十九題》