WEEK TWO | DAY TWO
“And after you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to his eternal glory in Christ, will himself restore, support, strengthen, and establish you.” —1 Peter 5:10
Born into a Hindu family, Manu first heard about Jesus when one of Frontier Fellowship’s South Asian partners visited his village. After hearing a Gospel presentation, Manu pushed his way through the crowd, wondering—perhaps desperately hoping—if the Jesus he’d just heard about could heal him from epilepsy. After having a church planter pray for him, Manu’s symptoms disappeared! Eager to learn more, he visited a local house church and soon decided to follow Jesus.
Manu’s story resembles the dramatic examples of healing found in the Bible. We know that not everyone who is prayed for is immediately healed; God’s ways are mysterious. But the verse above gives us hope that all those called by the God of grace will find restoration, support and strength and be established by Him. Our suffering is just for a “little while,” and God promises to walk with us through suffering, not just provide a way out of it.
The God of grace has called us to His eternal glory in Christ. What a miraculous gift! Whether we experience physical healing like Manu or Jesus’ presence with us as we suffer, we experience God with us, Immanuel. This is God’s great gift of love and grace, both now and forevermore.
Through Frontier Fellowship’s partnerships, Christians in the US and on the frontier are helping the least-reached connect with local churches and resources that can introduce them to Jesus. Pray for those who have daily contact with men, women and children who, like Manu, will welcome the Good News into every part of their lives.