SUFFERING FOR WHAT'S RIGHT

1 Peter 2:20
Of course, you get no credit
for being patient if you are
beaten for doing wrong.
But if you suffer for doing right
and are patient beneath the blows,
God is pleased with you.



Author Howard Whitman once said that, “Life is composed of waiting periods. The child must wait until he is old enough to have a bicycle, the young man until he is old enough to drive a car, the medical student must wait for his diploma, the husband for his promotion, the young couple for savings to buy a new home. The art of waiting is not learned at once.” God, however, doesn’t ever have to wait for anything because at this very moment He already knows everything. He even knows whether or not you will remain faithful to Him later in life because He is simultaneously knowledgeable of the past, present and future. For believers, you still don't know what lays ahead of you, so you need to be ready to suffer for doing what is right to have patience during that suffering. Do this in obedience to the Word and our omniscient Father will be pleased with you.