1 Peter 4:19 Suffering According to the Will of God

1 Peter 4:19 (KJV) Wherefore let them that suffer according to the will of God commit the keeping of their souls to him in well doing, as unto a faithful Creator.

Christ not only teaches us how to live, He teaches us how to suffer. Because we live in a world of suffering and we need to be taught how to suffer. He taught us how to suffer. The cross of Christ teaches us how to suffer. Christ experienced misunderstanding, injustice, the treachery of friends, loneliness, even His disciples forsaking Him. In the dark night, they all forsook Him. And so no experience can ever fall to your lot but that He has gone through it. The treachery, the misunderstanding, the abuse, the injustice, the loneliness, the agony, the sweat. [D Martyn Lloyd-Jones]

The Apostle Peter therefore exhorts the people of God to commit themselves to the care of God, continuing in well doing. For our God is faithful, He will not allow His people to suffer beyond that which they are able but always provide for them a way out (1 Corinthians 10:13).

May His people not frigid nor fret, but steadfast in faith, trusting that He will work out all things well, tarrying with the Lord in unceasing prayer, even amidst suffering. Amen.