IF GOD IS SO LOVING AND POWERFUL WHY IS THERE PAIN AND SUFFERING?
by Tim Melton
Scripture: Psalm 22:1-33
If God Is So Loving and Powerful Why Is There Pain and Suffering?
Tim Melton
Psalm 22
When we think of the question of pain and suffering many are puzzled. If God is so loving and powerful, why is there pain and suffering?
In Psalm 22 we find a much-needed perspective about this question. It was written by David who started out as a simple shepherd boy who would eventually become the greatest king of Israel.
David was a warrior poet, a worshipper, the one who had killed a lion, a bear and a giant, but who also could pick up a harp and calm a flock of sheep and even bring peace to a troubled king´s heart. He was a songwriter who could put forth words that ushered people into the presence of God. David was a man after God´s own heart, but still was willing to bear his soul in his writings.
In these verses we see David expose his heart. We see his deepest anguish and then his steadfast faith. We each can relate to his words as he writes about the pain and the suffering that life often brings and the emotions that accompany it.
1 My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from saving me, from the words of my groaning?
2 O my God, I cry by day, but you do not answer, and by night, but I find no rest.
Many of us recognize these words, not as David´s but as Christ´s on the cross, during the crucifixion. In Mark 15:34, as Jesus hung on the cross, He was quoting this scripture from Psalm 22. On the cross the Father had not forsaken the Son, but it truly felt like He had. Jesus had been spat upon, beaten, whipped, humiliated, forced to carry the cross, and now crucified. Romans 6:23 tells us that ''the wage of sin is death'' and in this moment Jesus Christ, the sinless son of God, was taking upon Himself the sin of the world and giving His life to pay for our sin.
He was the Suffering Servant written about in Isaiah 53. He had willingly brought it upon Himself, yet out of his heart-wrenching emotion He called out, ''M ...
Tim Melton
Psalm 22
When we think of the question of pain and suffering many are puzzled. If God is so loving and powerful, why is there pain and suffering?
In Psalm 22 we find a much-needed perspective about this question. It was written by David who started out as a simple shepherd boy who would eventually become the greatest king of Israel.
David was a warrior poet, a worshipper, the one who had killed a lion, a bear and a giant, but who also could pick up a harp and calm a flock of sheep and even bring peace to a troubled king´s heart. He was a songwriter who could put forth words that ushered people into the presence of God. David was a man after God´s own heart, but still was willing to bear his soul in his writings.
In these verses we see David expose his heart. We see his deepest anguish and then his steadfast faith. We each can relate to his words as he writes about the pain and the suffering that life often brings and the emotions that accompany it.
1 My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from saving me, from the words of my groaning?
2 O my God, I cry by day, but you do not answer, and by night, but I find no rest.
Many of us recognize these words, not as David´s but as Christ´s on the cross, during the crucifixion. In Mark 15:34, as Jesus hung on the cross, He was quoting this scripture from Psalm 22. On the cross the Father had not forsaken the Son, but it truly felt like He had. Jesus had been spat upon, beaten, whipped, humiliated, forced to carry the cross, and now crucified. Romans 6:23 tells us that ''the wage of sin is death'' and in this moment Jesus Christ, the sinless son of God, was taking upon Himself the sin of the world and giving His life to pay for our sin.
He was the Suffering Servant written about in Isaiah 53. He had willingly brought it upon Himself, yet out of his heart-wrenching emotion He called out, ''M ...
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