How does God relate to human pain?
He enters into our pain through the incarnation of His Son, who knows our weakness and carries our sorrows.
Proofs
- Isaiah 53:3-4
- Hebrews 4:15
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Related questions
- #REIGN16 Is God distant in our suffering? (The God Who Reigns) Never. He is near to the brokenhearted and saves the crushed in spirit.
- #REIGN18 Does God delight in our suffering? (The God Who Reigns) No. God does not delight in the suffering itself but in the holy fruit it produces—trust, humility, endurance and hope.
- #REIGN15 Does God owe us explanations for our suffering? (The God Who Reigns) No. God is not obligated to explain His ways, but He invites us to trust His character when we cannot trace His hand.
- #REIGN19 How should we view the providence of God in suffering? (The God Who Reigns) With reverence and rest, knowing that His providence is neither blind fate nor cold determinism, but the wise care of a loving Father.
- #REIGN14 Can anything happen to the believer by chance? (The God Who Reigns) Nothing comes by chance; all things are directed by the hand of our loving Father.
- #REIGN20 What truth anchors the believer's heart in affliction? (The God Who Reigns) That God reigns, God is good, God is near, and God will not waste one tear of His redeemed children.