Saturday, November 15

Suffering and the Savior

Suffering helps us look for our Savior. If we never have any trouble along the journey, we would never have any reason to long for Heaven. Like the Israelites, we need the house of bondage to help drive us to the Promised Land.

— Philip Ryken
Exodus: Saved for God's Glory
(Wheaton, IL: Crossway Books, 2005), 37