Why Must We Undergo Internal Pain?

Why must we undergo internal ache and pain as believers?

Perhaps for a similar reason that Jesus “MUST needs” have gone ‘through’ Samaria John 4:4

Jesus was a Jew. And the Jews have “no dealings with the Samaritan’s” John 4:9 Jesus’ commission that he had to uphold from scripture, was to bring salvation to the “Jews” John 4:22

A time was soon coming when salvation would be to the “Jew first, and also to the gentile.” Romans 1:16

But until this day, Jesus “must needs” have passed through Samaria. John 4:4

We don’t understand at all how hard this “must needs” was for Jesus, for His dear heart and soul.

He is the embodiment of compassion and of love. But he had to delay and restrain this glowing compulsion he had, while passing through Samaria, and refrain Himself from healing there as much as He probably would have loved to. Until the fullness of time came when his disciples would bring the gospel to the samaritans in a fuller way.

Jesus had an internal ache and pain. Of wanting to express love and to heal, for the Samaritan’s. But He just couldn’t, yet. . Because thus it became him to “fulfill all righteousness.” Matthew 3:15 as he said later to one in need; “I am not sent BUT UNTO the lost sheep of the house of Israel.” Matthew 15:24.

Did Jesus want to heal and help her? Surely… more than we could ever comprehend. But he had to fulfill the scriptures. He had to “complete his assignment” so to speak.

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The internal ache and pain we feel inside as believers, is a small portion of the vast ache and pain Jesus felt, wanting to love and to heal, and yet being restricted often in how he could let this “virtue go / flow out of him.” Luke 6:19

God would like to give us the glorious honor of relating in special ways to other people, and so that we might truly prophesy comfort on the behalf of others.

Prophesying is said to be the most desirable of spiritual gifts.

One would think a highly desirable anything, would come at a great cost. And it’s no different with prophesying.

It can only be genuinely achieved and born in the soul, when the soul has bourne great affliction and pain on the inside.

35(Yea, a sword shall pierce through thy own (internal) soul also,) that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed. (Which is what happens in prophesying)
–Luke 2:35

Pursue love, and desire spiritual gifts, but ‘especially’
(most specially) that you may prophesy.
–1 Corinthians 14:1

The most ‘especial’ gold silver and ‘precious stones’ are for those who have learned how to prophesy.

And we can only learn this trade, by trading with Christ, by having related to Christ, in those times of his earthly life when he had said; “my (inward) soul is exceeding sorrowful unto death.”
Mark 14:34

Our sense that we are about to die, is given us so that we may have (spiritual) prepared meals for those who are also at the brink of death, and we become a conduit, like an angel of sorts, to help keep them alive with baken cakes. Like how the angel gave a cake to Elijah when he was almost ready to die.

Arise and eat. 6And he looked, and, behold, there was a cake baken on the coals,

and a cruse of water at his head. And he did eat and drink, and laid him down again.

7And the angel of the LORD came again the second time, and touched him, and said, Arise and eat; because the journey is too great for thee.
—1 Kings 19:6-7

This is why “your sons and daughters shall prophesy” at the end when the tribulation is. Because with great tribulation of inward pain, comes a great vehicle of power for prophesying.

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35(Yea, a sword shall pierce through thy own soul also,) that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed.

Luke 2:35

Coals also are made under pressure without a lot of vent. . So it is with spiritual beauty and prophesying, which is the fruit of one of the most beautiful trees of spiritual beauty

The angel in 1 Kings baked a cake for Elijah to keep this mighty servant of God alive when he was at the point of death.

But the angel had baked the cake on ‘coals’

And so, if we would ever have a ‘cake’ of prophesy to sustain another soul, we must have had days or months or years, where we’ve been accustomed to the pressure treated ‘coals’ for so they are made in this way. . .

Our pressure and inward pain, produces coals… and these coals produce cakes, to sustain Elijah’s on their journey heavenward.

God wastes nothing. Not even 12 basketfuls of bread.

And how much more is the worth of the 10 or 12 coals that God has produced in the internal chambers of your soul?

On earth they are but coals. But when applied spiritually to make cakes for others, for others who are ready to die, they are like unto diamonds.

“From coals, to diamonds.”

Your coals of inward pain and trials of this life may one day be diamonds in the kingdom of God.

No pain on the inside that the Lord has given you to endure, will ever be wasted.

All your pains will amount to diamonds one day.

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4And by knowledge (of the man of sorrows)(Isaiah 53) shall the chambers (of your inward soul) be filled with all precious and pleasant riches. 💎
—Proverbs 24:4