Our Only Real Comfort and Hope: God Planned It
The Bible proclaims time and again, throughout the entire book, that God is in control of everything from tsunamis to sparrows falling from a tree to the hairs on my head. The common comfort given to suffering is that God didn’t mean for it or want it to happen. Instead, he is constantly running around making the best out of our messes. But does this really comfort a hurting soul? This empty comfort actually teaches that while God can fix bad things, he just isn’t trustworthy. We’re left to wonder, “Will he really be able to help me in my time of need?” Ultimately, what this view presents as in control of the universe is our errors or randomness, not God. The God we really want, the only One who will be truly helpful to us, is the one who doesn’t merely bring good out of bad situations, but actually plans ever detail. This is the God of the Bible.