The Cross and God's Eternal Purpose

We are so often defeated because we are not one with our Lord in His time. It would be of tremendous significance for our whole life if we were all the time conscious that the specific purpose has also its specific time. When God begins to use us, in order to realise His eternal purpose with us in a fuller way, we must not be surprised if spiritual conflict and spiritual sufferings are bound up with it. When Abraham had received the promise (Genesis 15) and asked for a special sign, he was given the grace to share in the sufferings of God for the preparation of His people.