If God hears these pleas and knows when I am doing well or
when I am in sorrow or pain, why does God let me suffer and not just allow me
to go through happy times all the time? If I were God, and I had such a
wonderful person as myself (I hope the reader realizes this is tongue in
cheek), then I would certainly want me to be happy all the time. Ah, but…and
this is big….is my happiness based on my circumstances or is it based on
something greater? If it is the former, then I am basing what I call happiness
on how I am affected by something I have no control over and of which I really
have no knowlege. After all, I cannot make rain, and I cannot make the sun
shine, I don’t care how technically advanced I am. If the basis for my
happiness is based on something greater, then the whole basis for my happiness
is hope. (Nehemiah 8:10) And it is this hope that will carry me farther than
anything I can imagine. I will be able to smile through bad economies, higher
taxes, cancer, family losses, because I know there is something greater,
something far better, far deeper than whatever I go through. Romans 5:3-5 says
that suffering produces patience, among other things. Suffering is therefore a
growth phase, merely a means, not an end. God still hears me (Psalms 31:22) and
He will not let me suffer forever. He is merely displaying patience for the
exact moment that will do me the best good. (Psalms 34:4-6, Psalms 40:1, Psalms
66:19,20) If I think its tough, I just start thinking about God in the role of
a parent that has to watch His children suffer.
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