Wrestling with Your Thoughts, Psalm 13
Begin by reading Psalm 13…
This psalm is attributed to David and it reflects a wrestling in his heart, in his mind. That will be the theme of our study for the next three months on Fridays. To put a subtitle to these devotionals, it will be, “Growing Through Doubt.” I want you to observe David’s words in verses 5 & 6. In the midst of his wrestling with doubt, he says, “I have trusted; My heart will rejoice; I will sing.” We may not have all the answers to life’s questions but we can still trust, rejoice, and sing.
One of the greatest hindrances to man’s belief in God and, sometimes the enemy of a Christian, is the existence of horrible and seemingly pointless evil in the world, suffering that no human being ought to experience.
So, as we move from discussing the nature of God to dealing with doubt, we will first examine this question of evil and suffering. I am very thankful for Thomas Warren’s book, Have Atheists Proved There is no God? While it was not easy to digest, it helped me tremendously see the role of this world in God’s plan to save man.
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As a perfectly morally good being, God could not create man as a moral being and then not allow man to exercise that morality in a way that God does not desire. Forced love is a contradiction in terms.
So, as “love is as strong as death,” (Song of Solomon 8:6), it is possible for someone to express love in a way that violates the his relationship with God and his relationship with man and cause death. To put it another way, someone could – since love is as strong as death – love himself more than the other person (a violation of Matthew 22:38) and rape that person and even kill that person. That is love for himself, his own passions and desires, more than love for the other person. If a person can love someone enough to die for that person, it is equally possible for someone to love in a sinful manner so that he, instead, kills that person. Either way, it is a violation of God’s expectations.
God, thus, could not have created a moral being and then created an environment in which that moral being could not exercise that morality! Once God chose to create a moral being, He knew He would have to provide a plan for that moral being, once he/she sinned, to be forgiven of that sin.
–Paul Holland
