There Will Be Pain

As long as we’re here we will have to deal with it. Not until we see heaven or the new heavens and earth will there be “no more pain.”

Rev 21:3-4
3 And I heard a loud voice from heaven saying, "Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and He will dwell with them, and they shall be His people. God Himself will be with them and be their God. 4 And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes; there shall be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying. There shall be no more pain, for the former things have passed away."
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That’s something to look forward to but for now we don’t get a pain exclusion but to an extent we can choose the kind of pain we that we will have. There’s pain that comes for a purpose and the pain from abusing the purpose of something. It’s a pain to exercise and eat right but it’s a good pain with a purpose not like the pain that comes with many self inflicted diseases which result from the abuse of the body. There’s the pain caused by the loss of a loved one which can be bitter-sweet or just bitter-bitter. It’s a lot easier to cope when you have a hope of heaven but horrible if you still have “no hope and (are) without God in the world.” Sometimes we must suffer to obey but it’s not comparable to the suffering that results from disobedience. It’s a pain to keep the laws but it’s better than being kept by the law. It’s hard to keep a schedule but not as bad as the problems procured by procrastination. It can hurt to do what’s right but not as bad as the wound of wrong. When were proactive we choose the good and constructive pain with purpose and when we’re reactive then we choose the pain caused by neglect. Jesus chose to bear our evil affliction in the crucifixion and now it’s our turn to enforce His decision. The curse was and remains the result of bad choices. Jesus redeemed us from the curse and bore our sickness and carried or pains but now we must “live for righteousness.” If we want life to be good then we must choose the right kind of pain otherwise we will have to deal with the results and woes of the wrong. So I’m sorry to say that there will be pain, pay now or pay later. We can bear it now but may not be able to later because everyday we avoid it it’s increased with interest. Thank God for helping us and giving us power and authority and the grace and guidance to reap the rewards of discipline and the ability to walk in it.

Isa 53:4-5
4 Surely He has borne our griefs (sicknesses, weaknesses, and distresses) and carried our sorrows and pains [of punishment], yet we [ignorantly] considered Him stricken, smitten, and afflicted by God [as if with leprosy]. [Matt 8:17.]

5 But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our guilt and iniquities; the chastisement [needful to obtain] peace and well-being for us was upon Him, and with the stripes [that wounded] Him we are healed and made whole.
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1 Peter 2:24-25
24 who Himself bore our sins in His own body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live for righteousness — by whose stripes you were healed. 25 For you were like sheep going astray, but have now returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.
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1 Cor 9:24-27
24 Do you not know that those who run in a race all run, but one receives the prize? Run in such a way that you may obtain it. 25 And everyone who competes for the prize is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a perishable crown, but we for an imperishable crown. 26 Therefore I run thus: not with uncertainty. Thus I fight: not as one who beats the air. 27 But I discipline my body and bring it into subjection, lest, when I have preached to others, I myself should become disqualified.
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2 Cor 12:9
9 And He said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness."
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Phil 4:13
13 I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.
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