People always ask, “Why does God allow evil and suffering in the world?” When this question is asked, we often end up trying to explain things in the world like the recent earthquake in Japan, people’s sickness, family losses, etc (pick your poison). It’s then that we often get confused. We get so close to explaining it, but we are always left feeling so far from truly understanding it. Maybe the reason why we feel as though we are just going in circles is because we have not been asking the more important question,
“Why does God allow evil and suffering in my soul?”
Doesn’t this question just change your whole mindset? Maybe the first question posed was just distracting you from what you should have really been asking all of your life. Remember, there are plenty of people (especially in our culture) that have never experienced major suffering on a physical level. People who are healthy. People who are wealthy. People who are blessed more than they realize. Yet when you get to know them, you will soon realize that they are really just like the rest of humankind. They still have something missing inside. They are still trying to fill an empty void in their lives and it’s burning away their souls like a slow-killing fire. They might not suffer through physical pain, but it’s definitely a spiritual one. When you think there is a physical need, God always wants to dig deeper. He wants you to see that the physical need is just distracting from your spiritual one.
God allowed evil and suffering so that Jesus the Son of God would save you from it.
God allowed you, so He would save you.
“‘No’ he answered, because while you are pulling the weeds, you may uproot the wheat with them. Let both grow together until the harvest. At that time I will tell the harvesters: First collect the weeds and tie them in bundles to be burned; then gather the wheat and bring it into my barn.’” – Matthew 13:29-30
But do not forget this one thing, dear friends: With the LORD a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day. The LORD is not slow in keeping His promise, as some understand His slowness. Instead He is patient with you, not wanting anyone to, but everyone to come to repentance. – 2 Peter 3:8-9
