I heard a man preach about pain. He said it was what caused most people to walk away from God. It was because the pain caused anger. When people get angry at God, it killed their faith. It is unfortunate that people look at God as Santa Claus. The truth is more basic than that. God isn’t here to make our wishes come true. He is here to deliver us from death and give us the chance to live again. Yes, there are many horrible things that happens to mankind. Death and disease are at the top of the list. What is funny is that man caused death and disease to be here in the first place. Adam and Eve had no problem with death in the garden of Eden. But once they were cast out because of sin, death and disease came into being. And they will be here until the end. God makes provisions for our health and wellbeing. But that doesn’t mean that we will be trouble free. What happens in the world often happens to the Christian? Case in point, my subdivision was flooded in August. My house along with everybody else’s house flooded. It doesn’t mean that God isn’t for me or isn’t providing for needs. Yes, I experienced great sorrow and pain. But I knew that God was there every step of the way. He made Himself real to me. If He hadn’t it would have been a different story. I had a choice to make. Whether or not, I was going to follow God in faith or leave in unbelief. Pain is like any other storm that comes our way. As the bible says in 2 Corinthians 7:10 “For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.”(KJV).
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