7 Bible Verses about Afflictions, Purpose Of

In all their distress he wasn't distressed, but the angel of his presence saved them; in his acts of love and in his acts of pity he redeemed them; he carried them and lifted them up all the days of old.

"I will leave and go back to my place until they admit their offense and seek my face. When affliction comes to them, they will eagerly seek me."

Before I was humbled, I wandered away, but now I observe your words.

Look, I have refined you, but not like silver; I have purified you in the furnace of affliction.

I know, LORD, that your decrees are just, and that you have rightfully humbled me.

So he made their days end in futility, and their years with sudden terror. When he struck them, they sought him; they repented, and eagerly sought God.

This light, temporary nature of our suffering is producing for us an everlasting weight of glory, far beyond any comparison,