The God Abusers

We are often asked whether our faith is strong enough to withstand bad times. But have we ever considered asking ourselves whether our faith is strong enough to survive good times? 

In the book The Problem of Pain, the author wrote that God whispers to us during our happy days but shouts in our painful situations. When we do not pay attention when He whispers, He may use shouts to get our focus. People glide away from their faith not only during bad times but also when their life is good. For them, it is a time when God is not needed. We usually interpret His blessings as a sign of our goodness and not an indication of His kindness. We always presume that we are worthy of everything pleasant that happened to us but we fail to realize that He is telling us something about Himself through the good deeds and incentives that He lets us enjoy.

The kindness of our God should be used as an opportunity to obey Him and not an occasion to disregard His existence. We should recognize that our conviction towards our faith should be toughened, not weakened by His astonishing gifts and blessings.

When problems enter our lives, we pray and beg for God’s help and assistance. Once He answered our prayers, we thank Him but we slowly drift away from His presence and we only remember Him if another tragedy will struck our lives. In times when our life is good, we should never stop remembering Him, for these blessings that come our way all belongs to Him.

Let us remind ourselves not to abuse the goodness of our God. Treasure Him not only when you need Him. But cherish Him … everyday, every minute, and every second of your existence.