Waiting for God to change a situation takes enormous patience, especially when we see suffering and trauma happening. Seeing those who are trying to live their lives as Christ followers, yet going through horrendous issues is hard to understand. I’m reminded that I’m not in control and cannot see the big picture nor what God is doing beyond eye sight or human understanding. I wonder if those who endure the trauma yet trust in our Father will receive greater eternal reward than mere understanding or earthly comfort
“If everybody believed as Job believed—that God does not always punish the wicked and reward the godly—then what motive would people have for obeying God? Religion would not be worth it! But this is the Devil’s theology, the very thing that God was using Job to refute! If people serve God only for what they get out of it, then they are not serving God at all; they are only serving themselves by making God their servant. Their “religion” is only a pious system for promoting selfishness and not for glorifying God.” - Warren W. Wiersbe, Be Patient
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