CAN EVERY TRIAL AND TRIBULATION MAKE ME A BETTER PERSON AS A CHRISTIAN

Charles Spurgeon said the other day about Sir Francis Drake, when it was feared that he would be wrecked in the Thames, said, "what ! have I been round the world, and am I now to be drowned in a ditch? Not I". So say I to you brethren: you have done business in stormy waters, and will you sink in a village pond? We shall not be worse treated than we have been. We are now in fine fighting trim, for we are hardened by former blows.

A great pugilist at Rome was so battered, his nose, eyes, and face were so disfigured, that he was always ready to fight, because he said, "I cannot look worse than I do." personally, I am in much the same plight. Men cannot say anything worse of me than they have said. I have been belied from head to foot, and misrepresented to the last degree. My good looks are gone, and none can damage me much now.

Some of you have had more to batter you than you are ever likely to endure again; you have had trial and tribulation and affliction as heavy as you can have them; and after having stood in the lists so long, surely you are not going to yield, and slink away like cowards? God forbid it ! God forbid it ! God grant, on the contrary, that the elder ones among us may have the pleasure, not only of winning battles for Christ, but of seeing others, who have been saved under our instrumentality, trained to fight for Jesus better than we ourselves have fought! Evidently, EVERY TRIAL AND TRIBULATION MAKE YOU A BETTER PERSON AS A CHRISTIAN (See James 1:2-3)


The other day, I read a story, and with that I will conclude, desiring that I may, in spiritual things, have the same joy myself, and that it may be the lot of you all. Diagoras the Rhodian had, in his time, won many wreaths at the Olympian games. He had two boys, and he brought them up to the same profession. The day came when his own force abated, and he was no longer able to strive for masteries in his own person; but he went up to the Olympian games with his two sons. He saw the blows they gave and received, and rejoiced when he discovered that they were both victorious.

A lacedaemonian said to him, " You may die now, Diagoras; "meaning that the old man might be content to die; because he had, in his own person, and in that of his sons, obtained the highest honours. The old man seemed to feel that it was even so, for when his two sons came, and shouldered their father, and carried him through the arena amid the ringing cheers of the great assembly, the old man, flushed with excitement, died under the eyes of the assembled Greek.

It would have been a wiser thing to have lived, for he had a third son, who became more renowned than the other two; but he passed away on a wave of victory. O brethren, may we have spiritual children who shall win battle for the Lord, and may we live to see them doing it; then may say, with old Simeon, "Lord, now lettest Thou Thy servant depart in peace, according to Thy Word." Luke 2:29. In the Name of the Ever-blessed, we this day again set up our banners. Our watchword is "Victory."

Here's our consolation in Romans 5:3-4; And character, hope: when our Christian character goes through hardship, hope of receiving what God has promised grows stronger. Hence, stand in grace, and rejoice in hope. Be thankful in tribulation, knowing that it leads to perseverance, character, and hope that does not disappoint. Worship the LORD.

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