BBD 07.18.02 No More Pain
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The Burning Bush Devotional
07.18.02
No More Pain
"And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes; there shall be no more
death, nor sorrow, nor crying. There shall be NO MORE PAIN, for the former
things have passed away." - Revelation 21:4.
The headline says, "Breakthrough Pain Relief Therapy" which for those
suffering from pain sounds like great news indeed. There is an emerging
treatment for pain, which uses light therapy and this emerging pain
treatment appears to be a very new technology, but researchers have been
testing this approach for over 45 years. The therapy uses light emitting
diode technology to relieve Arthritis and pain that is non-specific. I'm
personally wondering if it will work on a toothache. The fact is that pain
is a fact of life for every human being to some degree. So many people bear
an incredible burden of pain every day from cancer pain to Arthritis pain.
>From back pain to cancer pain there is more than enough pain to go around
and we would all welcome any kind of relief from whatever pain we may be
experiencing. Not only is there physical pain but also there is emotional
pain and then there are some people who just give us pain.
The saints of old were not immune from pain from the boils of Job to the
thorn of the apostle Paul to the torture of Christians, which continues even
today. Jabez prayed that he would be kept from evil so that he would not
cause pain. Jabez knew that would be hard for him because his very name
meant pain. There is so much evil and pain in this world from murder to
robbery and things so much worse that they are unspeakable and unprintable
and there seems to be more and more of it.
How can we go on in a world of pain? How can live when it hurts so much?
The apostle Paul was able to continue living with pain because God said to
him, "My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in
weakness (II Corinthians 12:9a)." Paul responded by saying, "Therefore most
gladly I will rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may
rest upon me. Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in
needs, in persecutions, in distresses, for Christ's sake. For when I am
weak, then I am strong (II Corinthians 12:9b-10)." The heroes of the faith
of Hebrews 11 were able to endure through faith and we are told, "These all
died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar
off were assured of them, embraced them and confessed that they were
strangers and pilgrims on the earth (Hebrews 11:13)."
All those saints of old who endured the pain of the world knew that there
was a better world ahead and as the writer of Hebrews puts it so well, "God
having provided something better for us.(Hebrews 11:40a)." Through faith we
look forward to that day when there will be "NO MORE PAIN!" And there will
be on that glorious day, "no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying" and the
"former things" will "have passed away." By faith let us endure and through
our weaknesses bring glory to our Lord.
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