Gleam of morning of 19/11/2016 : Can we remove the pain ? - By Paul Calzada

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"Let not my will be done, but thine" (Luke 22:42).

 

Fighting suffering, whether it is ours or that of others, is a healthy and normal attitude, wanting to exclude it totally and in an absolute way, is an attitude marked by insubordination to divine sovereignty. At the moment of his agony in Gethsemane, our Lord and Savior, gives us the example of a suffering accepted by submission to the will of the Father.

Whether it is for us, and perhaps even more for those around us, which we love, we aspire from the depths of our hearts to alleviate and even to suppress suffering. In this context, we appreciate the progress of medicine which, to a certain extent, makes it possible to help those who suffer. We have had, in various circumstances, to appreciate the benefits of a cachet of aspirin which has come to calm our pains. But despite the progress of medicine, it is none the less true that suffering still subsists.

We can avail ourselves of divine promises, exercise our faith, but it would also be a utopia to believe that the Christian can in all circumstances suppress suffering. Suffering is linked to original sin, suffering is the consequence of the fall. We can not dream ; As long as we are on this earth, suffering will never be totally abolished.
A new theology, called the doctrine of prosperity, teaches that the believer can and must always be physically and physically blessed. This theology joins the hedonistic philosophies inspired by the atheist materialism and the teachings of the new age. In fact, we find in this teaching the diabolical thought blown to Eve and Adam in the Garden of Eden : "You will be like God" (Genesis 3: 5).

But the spiritual reality is that even if we are to fight suffering by praying for those who are suffering and by comforting those who mourn, as these texts remind us : "Pray for one another, that you may be Healed "(James 5:16). "Consolate those who are slain ..." (1 Thessalonians 5:14), there is no absolute law that assures us that all suffering will be abolished on this earth.
God may, depending on his sovereignty, put a limit to our sufferings on certain occasions and circumstances, he can calm the storm that rages, but these interventions are neither due nor obligation on his part. It is with this respect for the sovereignty of God that Paul speaks of the healing of his fellow worker Epaphroditus in Philippians 2.27.

My prayer on this day :

Lord, even if my suffering, or that of my fellow men, is difficult for me to understand and admit, I simply rely on your grace. Amen !

Paul Calzada