When things come our way we are definitely happy and conversely when troubles come we start complaining and playing the blame game; everyone else could be wrong but only I am right and to be victimized. To some degree every one of us has victim mentality in which we’re hemmed in with unfortunate or even misfortunate circumstances and done wrong by another. How do we overcome victim mentality and turn it into victor mentality?

In Romans 5 Paul wrote that the faith of Jesus Christ has enabled us to get access to the grace of God so that we can rejoice in hope of the glory of God. Christians should be joyful because they have the hope of God’s salvation and heavenly blessing through faith in Christ. However, they rejoice not only in hope but in suffering. How can they rejoice in suffering? Paul expounded on that, “More than that, we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing the suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us” (vv 3-5). Trials and tribulations we Christians face are not meant to destroy us but instead to help us develop endurance (of frustration), not giving up on difficulties and hardships, and endurance builds up character, a character of strength and integrity, never cutting corners in order to succeed, and then character strengthens hope, the hope in Christ in which everything will work together for good for those who love God and who have been called according to his purposes (Romans 8:28).

For most people suffering could be viewed as a curse or misfortune and they attempt to avoid it, but for Christians it is a lesson that God has assigned to his loving children to teach them how merciful and gracious He is. The more Christians rejoice in their sufferings, the better they will get to know God