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1 Peter 5:10
10 But [de] the God [theos] of all [pas] grace [charis], who [ho] hath called [kaleo] us [hemas] unto [eis] his [autos] eternal [aionios] glory [doxa] by [en] Christ [Christos] Jesus [Iesous], after that ye have suffered [pascho] a while [oligos], [autos] make [katartizo] you [humas] perfect [katartizo], stablish [sterizo], strengthen [sthenoo], settle [themelioo] you. KJV-Interlinear
10 And after you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace, who called you to His eternal glory in Christ, will Himself perfect, confirm, strengthen and establish you. NASB
Here, suffering means to endure the hardships of life, whatever they might consist of. And simply being born into this world means that a person has to endure the physical and mental stresses of life, suffering begins at birth and continues until ones death.
This is a temporary state.
We all have two phases in our life, the one we have now, or our physical state in this life, and the second phase, which is our eternal state. Obviously the eternal state (trillions and trillions and trillions, etc. of years), which will last forever, is a far longer state than our current state, which can last but a few decades. So this life is but a blink if not less than that, on the timeline of life.
God the Father saw your life in eternity past. You were conceived in His mind and manifested in His plan, a very long time ago. He saw your faith in Christ, and therefore brought you into existence for the purpose of living forever with Him, in heaven.
For by means of Christ, by means of the Holy Spirit, by means of doctrine, which is our link through Christ to God, He will build you up and complete your life.
Peter uses four construction terms here to describe the building of your spiritual life.
God will make you perfect, which is the alignment of all components of a building, relative to each other. All parts of your spiritual life will be assembled together perfectly.
Stablish means to make one firm, to tie together, where one part serves to support another part such that every part holds up and holds together every other part.
The strengthening takes into consideration the shifting, leaning, warping, racking factors of a building. Every part of your spiritual life, in doctrine, is tied together in such a way that it cannot fall over, twist or break apart, even under the pressures from the heaviest of storms.
And the settling component of a newly established building all depends on the foundation upon which it is built. Bible doctrine is the safest, surest, soundest, most secure foundation in existence. There is nothing better, anywhere.
God is truth. Gods plan is truth. Gods Word is truth. There is nothing shady, deceitful, or flawed, in Gods spiritual design. The world offers nothing but uncertainty and suffering. God offers certainty and hope. In the world, you will always lose. In Christ, you will always win. All circumstances therefore, are irrelevant.
