LONG SUFFERING IS ALSO A GIFT OF THE SPIRIT FOR GREATNESS OF LIFE

I learned that in order to rise and shine when the moment is right, you must be blessed by grace and discover goodness and mercy within the walls of the sanctuary of repentance, worship, and giving. But if someone wishes to benefit from the opportunities, deals, and advantages of the following elements for glorious living, that person needs to be ready, inert, and powerful enough to enable his or her pinions of faith to lock onto the fullness of God’s favor (John 1 vs 16). 

However, you must ask yourself certain questions and find answers to them:

1. Who and What’s causing your suffering?

2. When do the ambiances of your family, neighbors, and watchers show up?

3. How will your challenges, opposition, and even facilitators and helpers be weathered down and removed or enhanced respectively?

4. Which of your aspirations, efforts and determinations, as well as the clouds of calmness and/or turbulence really matter?

5. Does your Momentum, Movement, and Moments that you put forward influence anything tangible (Psalm 92 vs10 esv)?

6. Can your empowerment, illumination, and engagement of grace, among others, become agents of stability and favour?

7. Are your life’s purpose, desire, destiny and understanding, as well as your ministry’s lights and love in your marriage, and in your business activities, among others, good grounds for spiritual attack and human targets?

Job 1 vs 1-22 reads – “In the land of Uz there lived a man whose name was Job. This man was blameless and upright; he feared God and shunned evil. 2 He had seven sons and three daughters, 3 and he owned seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, five hundred yoke of oxen and five hundred donkeys, and had a large number of servants. He was the greatest man among all the people of the East.  4 His sons used to hold feasts in their homes on their birthdays, and they would invite their three sisters to eat and drink with them. 5 When a period of feasting had run its course, Job would make arrangements for them to be purified. Early in the morning he would sacrifice a burnt offering for each of them, thinking, “Perhaps my children have sinned and cursed God in their hearts.” This was Job’s regular custom. 6 One day the angels[a] came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan[b] also came with them. 7 The Lord said to Satan, “Where have you come from?” Satan answered the Lord, “From roaming throughout the earth, going back and forth on it.” 8 Then the Lord said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant Job? There is no one on earth like him; he is blameless and upright, a man who fears God and shuns evil.” 9 “Does Job fear God for nothing?” Satan replied. 10 “Have you not put a hedge around him and his household and everything he has? You have blessed the work of his hands, so that his flocks and herds are spread throughout the land. 11 But now stretch out your hand and strike everything he has, and he will surely curse you to your face.” 12 The Lord said to Satan, “Very well, then, everything he has is in your power, but on the man himself do not lay a finger.” 

“Then Satan went out from the presence of the Lord. 13 One day when Job’s sons and daughters were feasting and drinking wine at the oldest brother’s house, 14 a messenger came to Job and said, “The oxen were plowing and the donkeys were grazing nearby, 15 and the Sabeans attacked and made off with them. They put the servants to the sword, and I am the only one who has escaped to tell you!” 16 While he was still speaking, another messenger came and said, “The fire of God fell from the heavens and burned up the sheep and the servants, and I am the only one who has escaped to tell you!” 17 While he was still speaking, another messenger came and said, “The Chaldeans formed three raiding parties and swept down on your camels and made off with them. They put the servants to the sword, and I am the only one who has escaped to tell you!” 18 While he was still speaking, yet another messenger came and said, “Your sons and daughters were feasting and drinking wine at the oldest brother’s house, 19 when suddenly a mighty wind swept in from the desert and struck the four corners of the house. It collapsed on them and they are dead, and I am the only one who has escaped to tell you!” 20 At this, Job got up and tore his robe and shaved his head. Then he fell to the ground in worship 21 and said: “Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked I will depart.[c] The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away; may the name of the Lord be praised.” 22 In all this, Job did not sin by charging God with wrongdoing”. 

Why then did Job have to endure such suffering? Please permit me to cite a portion of my notes from Volume (1) of my new book, The Reason for The Purpose, which is primarily dedicated to two groups of individuals in my life and has the spirit and ability to change, enrich and/or improve lives. They were fully committed to standing out from the crowd and leaving behind for their families, friends, and neighbours, an inheritance seal of exceptional leadership and development that would bring blessings for both present and future generations in the form of favour, fruitfulness, increase, and the honour of a good name and a great heritage. 

These blessed lives, which shared caring and kind personalities, were blessed to have each other. Thus, their own life stories were and will be in accordance with the contributions of their labor, status, security, prosperity, legacy, and wisdom as they are further blessed with various dimensions of spiritual and material realms, such as the favor of God and the favor of Man that was, is happening, and/or must be upon them.

I learned that long suffering in righteousness brings more than repentance, redemption, and glory—even though this may not sit well with some new age Christians. The wisdom gained from long suffering helps the wise and the prudent in defining the reason for both individual and general ambitions and endeavours, as well as recognizing, establishing, and perfecting the divine reasons for their assignments on earth. 

This even produces qualities of endurance, patience, and tried-and-true character (2 Peter 3:8–9) as captured in International Version New: But remember this, dear friends: A day is like a thousand years with the Lord, and a thousand years are like a day. 9 In contrast to how some people see delay, the Lord keeps his promises speedily. Instead, he is patient with you because he does not want anybody to perish but rather that they all turn to God.

Against the odds that confronted my life, family and destiny and other things, I now have a firm grasp on certain spiritual revelations and understanding that mandate people, things and happenings to  do biddings and cause things to occur when men pray.  And, I believe that after you realize what God has done for you, your family, your future, your calling in life, and all of your other obligations and goals, God will still test you along the way of life as he is walking beside, and with you into deeper levels and other dimensions of greatness of realms by divine grace, favour and anointing. 

This may also be permitted for a handful of chosen individuals in order for them to understand God’s lordship and goal as the foundation of Man’s soul. God grants mercy for everyone through training in order to gain Grace and Kindness of Blessings and Protection in the challenges and temptations that come to do their job for perfection and soundness of spirit, body, and soul (James 1 vs 2-4, Romans 5 vs 3-5 ESV, Romans 8 vs 18, 28). 

Please keep in mind that you will only receive glory after passing the test of character and grace through suffering in order to discover the reason for your life’s purpose and that of your aspirations, business, and concerns over your ministry, finances, and marital affairs (1 Pet 5 vs 10 ESV), and the ultimate justification of rights by the Holy Spirit.

And in situations involving deception, disinformation, and betrayal, never forget to consider your own destiny and whether you are capable of achieving it (Col. 4:17) whenever you are faced with suffering and adversity in pursuit of greatness. Additionally, keep in mind that the scriptures already provide procedures for solutions, which will make your search easier. Additionally, in order to understand the causes of events as they are explained in the scriptures below as they flow in the following descending order (1-5):

1. James 1 vs 2- 4

2. Col 4 vs 17

3. Rom 5 vs 3-4

4. Rom 8 vs 18, 28

5. 1 Pet 1 vs 1-22

It is not a secret in this world why Jesus Christ would spend thirty (30) years on earth carrying out three (3) ministry tasks to give men the platform for salvation, land, and opportunities to acquire a name beyond all other names in all realms. Do not let your heart break. You may be broken and reshaped into the finest form of glory and honor for the master’s use when God wants to tell a story of greater works. 

To ensure that your family and future generations are blessed by grace, favor, mercy, knowledge, wisdom, understanding, wealth, strength, power, glory, and other things as in the fear of the Lord (Isa 11 vs 2), please learn to forgive, maintain a bitter-free attitude, and accomplish what has to be done by you and your family, colleagues, neighbours, friends and so on. Pray!

– Charles Kwamena Ackon