Whenever we hear the stories of Christians being seriously persecuted, tortured, imprisoned, and killed for the sake of Christ, we wonder why Christians should suffer. But the honest question is not ‘why’ but what is the purpose of God in it.

Suffering is an integral part of the Christian faith. Christ suffered and so must we in any form or size that God permits. Though we live in a time when culture-dominated Christianity is in vogue, and people have been pampered to the point that they consider it a strange thing to suffer for the sake of Christ. God’s Word is however our anchor, Christ has called us to share not only in His glory but also in His suffering.