There are some things about God that are hard to understand. Although God is all-powerful some people wonder why millions starve, get sick, are raped and/or abused. Some think God created everything and made it so well that everything is self sustaining, and afterward He simply sat back and watched life play out ever since. Some even say that God set up the elements necessary for evolution and let it go from there, but that He has had no direct influence or activity in life or the universe since. Others are inclined to think God is involved, but not as a provider, but rather as a disciplinarian. Those who die of an untimely death or horrible disease somehow deserve it?!
Clearly God is involved in our lives and even the world. Most of what He does for us goes unnoticed. We serve a God who cares, provides, and protects us.
1 Peter 1: verses 24-25
24 For, “All people are like grass,
and all their glory is like the flowers of the field;
the grass withers and the flowers fall,
25 but the word of the Lord endures forever.”
We cannot understand how God's providence works or what God is doing or why He is doing it. God did not promise to remove all of our problems. However, He has promised to provide everything we need to be faithful and receive eternal life. We must be determined to serve Him faithfully at all costs. Wow, that is the hard part for me as I am sure it is for many others.
