I think there is some biblical justification for seeking out suffering. Look at Christ and his 40 days in the desert. There are times when it can be profitable to the Faith.
What Jesus sought was the Father’s will, that is always clear from the gospels. So when the Father told him to go into a place where he would suffer, Jesus obeyed. A Christian life that (by definition) pushes against Satan always will see some suffering in the course of its mission. I part company with pious masochists, however.