16)The spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit that we are the children of God.
17)And if children, then heirs, heirs of God,and joint heirs with Christ.If so be that we suffer with Him,that we may be also glorified together.
18)For I reckon that the suffering of this pressent time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.
19)For the earnest expectations of the creature waited for the manifestation of the sons of God.
ROMANS 8:16-19
Serving God involves so many challenges which may lead to suffering, people may hate you, persecutions up and down. But the Bible is encouraging us that even when challenges comes, we should not lost our faith in Christ Jesus,for there is a greater reward awaiting you that you can not compare.Jesus Himself,when He came to save us, He suffered, and even died a shameful dead on the cross of calvary and He said,any one who want to follow Him, must Cary his cross and Follow him,but now He is seated at the right hand side of God, and God gave Him the name that that is above all name in heaven and on earth, what if Jesus Christ did not die? I think we would have been dead now but Jesus Christ ,who is God Him self, came to this world and suffer just for us to be saved, this is why we have this unmerited grace. you may suffer, but that does not mean that God has neglected you no, He is there with you even when you think He is not,He is guiding and protecting you,giving you more grace and strength, if you indure by depending and trust Him to the end then you shall become a great servant of God, the glory that awaits you is bigger than your imagination. I want to give you an example, take a look at Joseph in(Gen 37,39,40,41,42) Joseph,was still a child when his brothers sold him,which landed him in the house of potiphar whose wife wanted Joseph to sleep with her but Joseph refused and ran out of her hand but she lied to him that he wanted to rape her, which was why he was jailed for some time,Joseph Held unto God and when God visited him,joseph became the 2nd in command in the land of Egypt, Joseph saved the whole world with his wisdom that even his own brothers could not recognized him,but he saved them also. You may be passing through some difficult situations, do not be discouraged, God is preparing you for something bigger that you can never imagine, your people, even your wife, husband, brothers and sisters, may turn against you, just hold unto God, its a training to get more stamina, to be more stronger so that when God lift you up, you will have better skills to serve.
If you really read this message and you want God to help you to endure and perssivear any difficult situations, you want to stand the test of time, say this prayer with me.Lord Jesus, you are my helper, only you can help me stand, please give me the grace to over come all the challenges in my life in Jesus name.Evangelist Dan Fulani.
