Why God? — Sermons — Samuel Mills

Why is Life Unfair?

Have you ever wondered why bad things happen to good people or why good things happen to bad people? We may ask questions like, “Why is life unfair?” or “Is God unfair?”.

Psalm 73 was written by a man named Asaph who struggled with his faith in God when he saw the prosperity of the wicked. More people have stepped away from God because of their inability to reconcile a good and loving God with pain, suffering, and injustice.

Our Psalm series is intended to provide us with hope, rest, and peace, but it is hard to experience them if inside we are burning with anger, resentment, and vengeance for some wrong that was done to us by someone.

We explore Asaph’s struggle with injustice and bewilderment as to why good things happen to bad people.

When God Seems To Fail Us

Have you ever felt that God has failed you? Have you experienced adversity that overwhelmed you and did not end as you expected?

Adversity visits all of us from time to time. Adversity is universal, impartial, painful, appears suddenly at times, and is often beyond our control. Unfortunately, followers of Jesus often think they are immune toadversity because they come to church, pray, or read the Bible. In order to stay afloat in the oceans of adversity, we must have resolute faith (trust) in God. When facing adversity, faith allows us to see who God is, see our identity as God’s children, and see our present adversity in the light of eternity. Trusting God does not mean that everything will work out to our desired outcome and it may seem that God has failed us; however, our hope that one day God will put everything right through resurrection in the new creation, gives us hope.

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