It's an old question. Four thousand years ago, a victim of personal, family, and financial reversals spoke to the silent heavens and pleaded, "Show me why You contend with me. Does it seem good to You that You should oppress, that You should despise the work of Your hands?" (Job 10:2, 3, 8). The questions are still being asked. "Does God hate me? Is this why He is allowing me to suffer like this? Why me and not others?"
Life can be hard to understand. In trying to come to grips with the cold realities of our existence, we can easily become frustrated. We long for answers to the immense problem of suffering. We may even wonder if we will ever fully comprehend why bad things happen to good people and why good things happen to bad people. The answers often seem to be elusive, hidden, out-of-reach.
There are answers. Not exhaustive, but enough to keep our pain in perspective. Enough to show us how to put suffering to work for us. This article shows in biblical perspectives some of the reasons for the many painful experiences in life:
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Each of you should give what you have decided in your heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver. (2 Corinthians 9:7 NIV)
God is not unjust; he will not forget your work and the love you have shown him as you have helped his people and continue to help them. (Hebrews 6:10 NIV)
Jesus answered and said to her, "If you knew the gift of God, and who it is who says to you, 'Give Me a drink,' you would have asked Him, and He would have given you living water." She said to Him, "Sir, You have nothing to draw with and the well is deep; where then do You get that living water? (John 4:10-11)
Jesus answered and said to her, "Everyone who drinks of this water shall thirst again; but whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall become in him a well of water springing up to eternal life." (John 4:13-14)
Steps to Peace with God:
1. Admit you are a sinner
2. Repent
3. Believe Jesus died on the Cross and rose from the grave
4. Through prayer, invite Jesus Christ to come into your life. Receive Him as Lord and Savior
