It is good that sometimes:
A.
We have trouble and crosses;
B.
We are contradicted, men think ill of us even
though we intend and do well;
C.
A good man is afflicted, tempted or troubled
with evil thoughts;
D.
A good man has sorrows lament and prays by
reason of his miseries.
Why?
A.
The man realizes he is here on earth in
banishment;
B.
It helps him build his humility;
C.
It helps us seek God to be our chief witness – not
others. To seek His opinion only for our inward witness and for credit and
praises;
D.
It helps us rest so fully on God that we need
not seek comfort in men;
E.
He is able to perceive his great need of God
without whom He can do no thing good;
F.
He longs for Christ not this world. He knows
security and peace comes from God not from this world.
