In times of suffering, we must wear the yoke of suffering

and drink the bitter cup of suffering until the period of suffering passes.

At the Garden of Gethsemane,

 Jesus not only prayed, "Father, everything is possible for you.

Take this cup of suffering away from me.

Yet I want your will to be done, not mine,"

but after receiving an answer to His prayer from God the Father,

He was arrested by the Roman soldiers, the temple guards, and the Jewish officials.

He was eventually led away, bound, to be subjected to suffering,

and crucified, after which He died.

(Luke chapter 23; Mark 14:36; John 18:11-12).

As disciples of Jesus, we too must drink our bitter cup of suffering,

fastening the yoke of suffering around our necks until the period of suffering has passed.

(Lamentations 3:28; Matthew 20:22; Mark 13:19, 24).

God has shortened this period of suffering for us,

whom He has chosen, and has made the valley of suffering a gateway of hope.

Therefore, we must undergo trials by the fire of suffering,

being refined to become like pure gold

(Job 23:10; Isaiah 48:10; Mark 13:20).