Romans 5:3-4 (KJV) And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience;
And patience, experience; and experience, hope:
The question arises: Will sufferings and troubles be able to take away the peace believers have with God and destroy their hope of heaven? Paul very emphatically says, “no”. Suffering actually increases the hope of believers. So they can rejoice knowing that troubles are doing them good. The gradual process of transforming suffering into hope is something believers learn by experience. It comes step by step in the life of faith.
Suffering produces patient endurance and perseverance. Believers learn that God enables them to endure troubles and tribulations, that they can face sufferings and not draw back into unbelief. They learn that God is with them through the worst that can happen and keeps them in the faith.
Perseverance produces character. Enduring trials and troubles makes believers better, stronger people, more able to face such things in the future. And by this process the hope they had when they first believed increases and becomes even stronger.
Trials and tribulations can be very painful things for us to go through. Most times, we find ourselves begging God to remove us from the troubles we face. What we don’t see in that moment is as we are carried through these tough times, with God’s strength, our characters are developing. The next time we are faced with similar trials or tribulations, we are more confident, and experienced because we know God will help us out of them again.
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