Mercy and Affliction

[James Hosie]

But a child of God, who is instructed in this way of God, is not troubled; ‘My condition is very low,’ he says, ‘but this is God’s way when he intends the greatest mercy, to bring men under the greatest afflictions.’ When he intended to raise Joseph to be second in the kingdom, God cast him into a dungeon a little before. So when God intended to raise David and set him upon the throne, he made him to be hunted as a partridge in the mountains (1 Samuel 26. 20). God dealt this way with his Son: Christ himself went into glory by suffering (Hebrews 2. 10); and if so God deals with his own Son, much more with his people.

Jeremiah Burroughs


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[AnnaBanana]

I read these everyday, James. Thank you for posting.