After a little while

But may the God of all grace, who called us to His eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a while, perfect, establish, strengthen, and settle you. To Him be the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amen. - 1 Peter 5v10-11

Doesn’t it seem sometimes that it is never going to end? The pain and pressure can get to the point where it just seems to be more than we can bear.

Peter knows the reality of this. He knows that his fellow Christians are going to experience pain and suffering. He knows that the Christian life is never going to be a bed of roses.

So he reminds us here that there is a God of all grace Who is there with us during these times. We are reminded that our suffering is for a little while in the eternal scheme of things and that we will one day get through it. When that day comes we can be assured that He will perfect, establish, strengthen, and settle us once and for all.

Whatever is going on isn’t forever. Hold on, better days are coming.