How can a good God allow so much suffering? Why do bad things happen to good people? Where is God when life falls apart? This hard and honest look at the life of Job helps answer these age-old questions and more.
When Life Falls Apart
by
Warren W. Wiersbe
If you’re suffering through hardship or pain and wondering what you did to deserve this or why God would allow it or is God even there at all…this book is for you. It’s for those who hurt and for the ones who love and care for them.
We ask: “Why do bad things happen to good people?” Author Warren Wiersbe asks: “Who gets to define good people?”
So often, we fall into the faulty circle of logic that if we do what is right, God will bless us (materially), and if God isn’t “blessing” us, then we must be doing something wrong or we must not have enough faith. This philosophy reduces our relationship with God to a transaction—You keep your end of the deal, and I’ll keep mine. We selfishly want to bargain with God for what we want instead of submitting to His sovereign will. And when we (or those we love and admire) suffer, we see it as unfair. It’s all about us.
But it isn’t about us.
It wasn’t about Job either. Job couldn’t see what was going on behind the scenes. He didn’t know why God allowed such great suffering in his life. In fact, Job felt that God didn’t even hear his cries and wouldn’t answer him. Yet he kept right on praising God, refusing to curse Him. Why? Job’s relationship with God was not a negotiation. He knew his God was worthy of praise, period.
Ultimately, the question is not, “Why do the righteous suffer?” but “Do we worship a God who is worthy of our suffering?” #TheHeartoftheAuthor #podcast #WhenLifeFallsApart Click To Tweet
Even though he didn’t know it at the time, Job helped silence Satan’s twisted ranting about God’s treatment of His people. He set the groundwork for us to see that we can still love and trust God no matter how bad our circumstances get. And when we reach the place where God alone is enough for us, we unearth the sweetest treasure of all that can’t be found anywhere else.
