Have you ever ask yourself this question, does God really care for me. If God cares or loves me and why is there so much suffering? You probably agree that if you love someone, you do not want that person to suffer, and if he or she were in hitch, you would try to assist. Accordingly, many feel that since there is so much suffering like WAR, DECEASE, and DEATH in the world, God cannot possibly care for us. It is important, therefore, that we first consider the evidence that God really does love or care us.
1. Creation
Creation testifies to God's Love and care for us. (Acts 4:24) When they heard this, they raised their voices together in prayer to God. "Sovereign Lord," they said, "you made the heaven and the earth and the sea, and everything in them. NIV. As we contemplate what God has produced, we surely must conclude that he cares for us. He could have provided just one kind of food to sustain our life. Instead, he created an endless variety of foods to delight our palate. Likewise, he has adorned the earth with a wonderful array of trees, flowers, and landscapes to make life enjoyable and interesting for us.
Consider also the way we are made. Our sense of humor, our ability to enjoy good music, and all are gifts from God that enrich our life. And think about your relationship with others. The ability to care or love is itself a gift from a God who cares or loves! Since God created in humans the ability to love, that quality must be a part of God's personality.
2. Word
The Bible testifies to God's Love and care for us.
(1 John 4:8) Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love. NIV. The Bible also gives wise counsel about human relations, urging us to love one another and to treat others with respect, dignity, and kindness (Matthew 7:12) So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets. NIV. It condemns practices and attitudes that bring suffering-greed, gossip, envy, adultery and murder. If everyone tried to live by the fine counsel found in the Scriptures, there would surely be much less suffering world
wide.
3. Son
Son testifies to God's Love and care for us. The greatest manifestation of God's love however, was the giving of his Son, Jesus, to ransom mankind. (John 3:16) "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. NIV. God has already arranged to bring a permanent end to death and every form of suffering. (1 John 3:8) He who does what is sinful is of the devil, because the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the devil's work. NIV.
Clearly, there is abundant proof that God loves or cares us. It follows, then, that it gives him no pleasure to see us suffer. He will act to end suffering. We do not have to speculate on the matter the Bible tells us exactly how God will eliminate suffering.
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