Who haven't passed through darkness? We all do, as much as we have enjoyed the light. Life is a journey on a bowl of salad, it's a mixture of everything and it's best eaten together. We cannot choose what we like for life is full of surprises. Sometimes we get what we feel we deserve but sometimes we feel like somebody up there is sleeping and things down here are falling on wrong places. Sometimes we would grumble about on things happening on us while doing what we believe is right, and for seeing others flourish with their iniquities.
Often times when we are troubled and battered we ask, "Why Lord?" or "Why me?". These questions has brought us doubt, animosity or feeling of injustice which made us lose our grip and start wondering if God is really cares.
"In that way, you will be acting as true children of your Father in heaven. For he gives his sunlight to both the evil and the good, and he sends rain on the just and the unjust alike."
Matthew 5:45
For those who walked in the truth and yet are hurting this verse has become a bile to the suffering soul. But this verse written by Apostle Matthew shows the kind of love God has for us. It is not a feeling based on emotion but rather on will, it is Agape. This kind of love is not self-seeking or self-serving, this is a sacrificial kind of love, deliberate and divine. God's love is never selective for He offered and sacrificed His very best for all of us.
The good news is no matter how we feel God is the same yesterday, today and forever. His Words has been established from the very beginning of time and it has not forgotten any single thought or concern in your life. His love is freely offered to all of us and is merciful, but it does not say His love would be oblivious to justice.
The book of Psalms has clearly showed a picture of how a righteous feel about his sufferings while evil prosper. But it also provides God's truth on the matter, and this truth will be revealed on time and no one can escape it.
The Psalms of Asaph (לְאָסָף) are the twelve psalms numbered 50 and 73 – 83 of the Book of Psalms. The Asaphite priests had a pre-exilic role to provide musically-based or induced prophecy, and a post-exilic role singing praise to God.
PSALM 73
A Psalm Of Asaph.
1 Surely God is good to Israel,
to those who are pure in heart.
2 But as for me, my feet had almost slipped;
I had nearly lost my foothold.
3 For I envied the arrogant
when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
4 They have no struggles;
their bodies are healthy and strong.[a]
5 They are free from common human burdens;
they are not plagued by human ills.
6 Therefore pride is their necklace;
they clothe themselves with violence.
7 From their callous hearts comes iniquity[b];
their evil imaginations have no limits.
8 They scoff, and speak with malice;
with arrogance they threaten oppression.
9 Their mouths lay claim to heaven,
and their tongues take possession of the earth.
10 Therefore their people turn to them
and drink up waters in abundance.[c]
11 They say, “How would God know?
Does the Most High know anything?”
12 This is what the wicked are like—
always free of care, they go on amassing wealth.
13 Surely in vain I have kept my heart pure
and have washed my hands in innocence.
14 All day long I have been afflicted,
and every morning brings new punishments.
15 If I had spoken out like that,
I would have betrayed your children.
16 When I tried to understand all this,
it troubled me deeply
17 till I entered the sanctuary of God;
then I understood their final destiny.
18 Surely you place them on slippery ground;
you cast them down to ruin.
19 How suddenly are they destroyed,
completely swept away by terrors!
20 They are like a dream when one awakes;
when you arise, Lord,
you will despise them as fantasies.
21 When my heart was grieved
and my spirit embittered,
22 I was senseless and ignorant;
I was a brute beast before you.
23 Yet I am always with you;
you hold me by my right hand.
24 You guide me with your counsel,
and afterward you will take me into glory.
25 Whom have I in heaven but you?
And earth has nothing I desire besides you.
26 My flesh and my heart may fail,
but God is the strength of my heart
and my portion forever.
27 Those who are far from you will perish;
you destroy all who are unfaithful to you.
28 But as for me, it is good to be near God.
I have made the Sovereign LORD my refuge;
I will tell of all your deeds.
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