One thing we need to get straight is that God is always just and faithful. Paul expresses that plainly when speaking to the Jews that just because they were unrighteous doesn't mean God is unrighteous. (Rom. 3:3-6) God has always and will always do what is right! There is no injustice in God and no darkness at all! (I John 1:5)
Where does this leave us? It's time for us as humans to fully accept the direct responsibility for the suffering that is occurring and has always occurred on this planet. Too many blame God for our suffering and that needs to stop. We need to believe our Bibles and read it more intently rather than just brush over it with a "I already know that" attitude. We give thanks to God for us as humans to have a free will and not some computer or robot that performs what it is told to perform. In the process of our free will, we scream at God why He allowed certain things to be or go the way they go. Why didn't He do something about it? So our faith wains. Is this really right? If God made us do what He wanted, we would have no choice. Man chooses their way and acts and too many dump God or question God when things go terribly wrong. People hurt one another, commit all sorts of hideous crimes and the immoral climate is just over the top yet God gets blamed.
From the beginning God held Adam and Eve accountable for their choosing. It was man, not God, who brought sin into this world. (Rom. 5:12) The result was the world became cursed under this power of sin. That wasn't God's intention. Someone might say, "Why didn't He stop it right there?" That means in order to stop sin God would have to destroy His creation by destroying those created in His image. This shows the depth of His love for His created! Instead of seeing mankind separated from Him, He chose to work to save mankind. In that saving, sin advanced forward while God was advancing His purpose to save. Why can't we see that? Too many living in this world create their own suffering by making more sinful choices and wonder why God doesn't rescue them. God wants to but there must be a heart to respond to Him on His terms. He isn't darkness! He isn't corrupt! God wants man to come into fellowship and He provided the means for that fellowship.
When we look a little deeper into the life of Jesus Christ, we see that the presence of hurt and suffering doesn't mean the absence of God. We see clearly how God used suffering and pain redemptively! The cross speaks God suffers for us and with us in order to redeem our souls. Jesus refused the help of man from man's wanting to defend Him by fighting to refusing man's help to alleviate His pain by drinking from a cup. Next time you find yourself wanting to complain or ask why, look no further than your sins and there you will see God's intention!
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