Two quotes that work together for today, written some 500 years apart, that tell us God has concern for us:
…what greater rebellion, impiety, or insult to God can there be, than not to believe His promises? What else is this, than either to make God a liar, or to doubt His truth — that is, to attribute truth to ourselves, but to God falsehood and levity? In doing this, is not a man denying God and setting himself up as an idol in his own heart?
–Martin Luther
Do you have doubts about God? Find someone who will help you investigate the reliability of the Bible and answer your questions as you seek to know His truth. (Josh McDowell’s book, More than a Carpenter, is an excellent quick read to help you walk through some of these types of questions.)
Maybe you don’t doubt if God exists, but you doubt His character and love for you? Maybe you are going through a difficult time and you don’t feel that God is listening to your prayers? Maybe you are doubting if He truly is a God who cares?
One question, however, no longer gnaws at me as it once did, a question that I believe lurks behind most of our issues with God: “Does God care?” I know of only one way to answer that question, and it has come through my study of the life of Jesus. In Jesus, God gave us a face, and I can read directly in that face how God feels about people…. By no means did Jesus eliminate all suffering — he healed only a few in one small patch of the globe — but he did signify an answer to the question of whether God cares.
–Philip Yancey
God cares, and He shows us this truth through Jesus. If you are struggling with doubts about God’s character and His care for you, follow Yancey’s recommendation and study the life of Jesus. In doing so, you will be reminded that God is a God of deep compassion, care, and love for you.