The very thing you thought would break you is what God is using to build you.
No one asks for pain. We pray for peace, favor, breakthrough, and blessings—but pain? We avoid it, resent it, try to escape it. Yet, if you look closely at the lives God has used most powerfully, you’ll find a common thread: they’ve been through something. Not just inconvenience or discomfort, but deep, soul-stretching, faith-testing pain.
Here’s the mystery: God never wastes pain. In His hands, what hurt you becomes what hones you. What wounded you becomes what equips you. And what you thought disqualified you becomes the very thing that defines your calling. Pain, in God’s process, is not punishment—it’s preparation.
If you’ve been asking “Why is this happening?” or wondering how something so difficult could be part of God’s plan, let this truth settle in: God doesn’t just allow pain—He repurposes it for power. Let’s explore how.
1. Pain Exposes What’s Hidden and Heals What’s Broken
We often live with hidden wounds, false identities, and buried trauma—until pain pulls it to the surface.
✓ That heartbreak reveals your need for true healing
✓ That betrayal uncovers where your trust was misplaced
✓ That loss shows you what your foundation was built on
God doesn’t expose to shame you—He exposes to heal you.
“He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.”
2. Pain Breaks Self-Sufficiency and Builds God-Dependency
When life is smooth, it’s easy to coast. We rely on talent, resources, logic. But pain humbles us.
✓ It reminds us we’re not in control
✓ It pulls us to our knees
✓ It opens our ears to hear heaven
✓ It teaches us to rely on strength that isn’t our own
Pain makes space for supernatural reliance—and that’s where real power begins.
“My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness.”
3. Pain Crushes Pride and Cultivates Compassion
There’s a version of you that pain had to unlock.
✓ A softer heart
✓ A more patient spirit
✓ A deeper well of empathy
✓ A greater understanding of others’ suffering
Now, when someone else is hurting, you don’t speak from theory—you speak from testimony.
What once broke you now builds bridges for others.
4. Pain Strips Away the Superficial and Refocuses Your Life
Seasons of pain have a way of prioritizing what actually matters.
✓ People may leave—but God remains
✓ Platforms may shift—but your purpose remains
✓ The applause may stop—but His voice gets louder
Pain clears out the noise and leaves you with the essentials: God, growth, and grace.
5. Pain Produces Power When You Surrender, Not When You Resist
Fighting pain makes you bitter.
Surrendering it makes you stronger.
Say:
“God, I don’t understand this, but I give it to You.”
“Use this valley to teach me what mountaintops never could.”
“Shape me into someone who carries weight in the Spirit.”
When you surrender, pain becomes a tool—not a trap.
6. Pain Sharpens Discernment and Refines Your Voice
You don’t hear the same after pain.
You don’t speak the same. You don’t move the same.
✓ You discern motives faster
✓ You see past surface-level distractions
✓ You speak with a weight that only pain-trained voices carry
This is why many of the most impactful leaders, pastors, and creators have walked through deep fire.
They don’t just talk—they carry authority forged in affliction.
7. Pain Often Precedes Promotion
Before every elevation, there is a crushing.
✓ Joseph was betrayed before he was promoted
✓ David was hunted before he wore the crown
✓ Esther faced genocide before she saved a nation
✓ Jesus was crucified before He resurrected
So if it hurts deeply, ask yourself: “What am I being prepared for?”
Power always follows pressure.
“But the God of all grace… after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you.”
8. Pain Teaches Intimacy With God Like Nothing Else Can
There’s a depth of worship, prayer, and revelation that only suffering teaches.
✓ You pray differently when you’re desperate
✓ You worship deeper when you’re crushed
✓ You cling tighter when you’ve got nothing left but Him
Pain doesn’t just shape character—it deepens relationship.
And that intimacy is where true power flows from.
9. Pain Anchors Your Purpose in Eternity, Not Just Earth
When you suffer, your perspective changes.
You stop chasing clout and start chasing calling.
✓ You stop needing to prove and start needing to obey
✓ You realize time is short, souls are precious, and your voice matters
✓ You lose interest in being impressive and become committed to being impactful
Pain cuts through the shallow and roots you in kingdom urgency.
10. Pain Gives You a Testimony That Can’t Be Argued With
Theory can be debated. Theology can be challenged. But a testimony carries undeniable evidence.
✓ You survived what should’ve killed you
✓ You kept your faith when others walked away
✓ You kept moving even while bleeding
Now, when you speak, chains break—because your words carry the weight of survival.
“And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony…”
Final Thoughts: Don’t Waste Your Pain—Let It Work
You’re not just going through this. You’re growing through this.
The enemy thought pain would paralyze you—but it’s about to propel you.
The thing that wounded you is becoming your greatest weapon.
The oil being poured from your life? It’s coming from the crushing.
So don’t run. Don’t quit. Don’t resent it.
Let God use it. Let Him shape it. Let Him birth power in the middle of your pain.
Because what you survive becomes what you carry—and what you carry becomes freedom for someone else.
Yes, it hurts.
But yes—He’s making something holy out of it.