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Morning and Evening

March 29, Morning

C. H. Spurgeon · Modern retelling

"Though He were a Son, yet learned He obedience by the things which He suffered." — Hebrews 5:8 · KJV

We are told that the Captain of our salvation was made perfect through suffering; therefore we, who are sinful and far from perfect, must not wonder if we too are called to pass through suffering. Shall the head be crowned with thorns, and the other members of the body be rocked on the dainty lap of ease? Must Christ pass through seas of His own blood to win the crown, and are we to walk to heaven dry-shod in silver slippers? No; our Master's experience teaches us that suffering is necessary, and the true-born child of God must not — would not — escape it if he might. But there is one very comforting thought in the fact of Christ's being made perfect through suffering: it is that He can have complete sympathy with us. "He is not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities." In this sympathy of Christ we find a sustaining power. One of the early martyrs said, "I can bear it all, for Jesus suffered, and He suffers in me now; He sympathizes with me, and this makes me strong." Believer, lay hold of this thought in all times of agony. Let the thought of Jesus strengthen you as you follow in His steps. Find sweet support in His sympathy; and remember that to suffer is an honorable thing — to suffer for Christ is glory. The apostles rejoiced that they were counted worthy to do it. Just so far as the Lord gives us grace to suffer for Christ, to suffer with Christ, just so far does He honor us. The jewels of a Christian are his afflictions. The regalia of the kings whom God has anointed are their troubles, their sorrows, and their griefs. Let us not, then, shun being honored; let us not turn aside from being exalted. Griefs exalt us, and troubles lift us up. "If we suffer, we shall also reign with Him."