Where is God When it Hurts

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What you think about God shapes your whole
relationship with Him. In addition, what you
believe God thinks about you determines how close
you will grow toward him. Chip Ingram
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Response to pain/suffering 1Check your focus
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Response to pain/suffering 1Check your focus

• It is easy to forget where God is and who He is
  when we are hurting.

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Response to pain/suffering 2See the big
picture.
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Job
page 496
page 352
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Response to pain/suffering 2See the big
picture.

• Satan is the accuser

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Response to pain/suffering 2See the big
picture.

• Satan is the accuser
• God is in control

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Response to pain/suffering 2See the big
picture.

• Satan is the accuser
• God is in control
• Your perspective is limited to what is happening
  around you.

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Response 3 to pain/sufferingGenuine
grief/worship
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Response 3 to pain/sufferingGenuine
grief/worship
In every human relationship, the biggest source
of conflict is unmet expectations.
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Response to pain/suffering 4Trust in Gods
unchanging character
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Psalm 1459-20 -The Lord is good (9) -The
Lord is faithful (13) -The Lord helps the fallen
(14) -The Lord is righteous (17) -The Lord is
close to all who call on Him (18)
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Response to pain/suffering 4Trust in Gods
unchanging character
The Lord protects those who love him (20) This
doesnt mean God delivers his people from the
storms, rather it means He delivers them through
the storms.
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Why didnt God prevent suffering? Because he
created us in his image. The high price tag for a
loving relationship among people is freedom.
Human freedom means we have the willful
opportunity to say yes and to love God, but we
also have the willful opportunity to say no and
to do what is wrong. God thought it was so
important to maintain our dignity that he gave us
the opportunity to freely love or reject him,
knowing that our freedom would result in pain.
But he allowed it, knowing before the foundation
of the earth that the only remedy for that pain
would be JesusHe would come and die to pay the
price that restores that relationship. Chip
Ingram
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Response to pain/suffering 4Let God be God
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Response to pain/suffering 4Let God be God
Each of Jobs friends held to the theory that pain
suffering are a consequence of personal sin.
They were sincere, but sincerely wrong.
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Response to pain/suffering 4Let God be God
The Bible teaches God's will often includes a
positive use of problems in our lives.
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Response to pain/suffering 4Let God be God
Dear friends, dont be surprised at the fiery
trials you are going through, as if something
strange were happening to you. Instead, be very
glad-because these trials will make you partners
with Christ in his suffering, and afterward you
will have the wonderful joy of sharing his glory
when it is displayed to all the world So if
you are suffering according to Gods will, keep
on doing what is right, and trust yourself to the
God who made you, for he will never fail
you. 1 Peter 412-13, 19
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Response to pain/suffering 4Let God be God
God reminds Job that he has a finite mind and a
limited point of view. Only God knows the whole
story from start to finish.
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Response to pain/suffering 4Let God be God
God reminds Job that he has a finite mind and a
limited point of view. Only God knows the whole
story from start to finish. Trust God today with
your pain and the uncertainty of the future
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