The question of why God is asked often in our society. Evil exists in the world today, and we are all affected by it. Death, disease, illness, loss of jobs, failed marriage, loss of child, the list goes on and on. These things lead us all to ask this question. Even non-believers can be heard in difficult situations asking God why. C.S. Lewis once said, “The problem of pain and suffering is the atheist’s greatest weapon.”
This is often the question Christians have the hardest time answering. Why do bad things happen to good people?
We may never understand the full reason but we can do three things. 1) trust in God believing that He is sovereign and in complete control of everything. 2)He has given us this “test” to help us to grow to be more like His Son (See Romans 8:29) 3) We are to comfort others through difficult times just as we have been comforted. (See 1 Corinthians 1: 3-4)
I don’t know what I would do in hard times without my complete trust in the sovereignty of God.
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