Scanning radio stations somewhere in Nebraska, my auto-scan stopped on a Christian talk show. The preacher said “become one of God’s children and you won’t have to suffer. Become a Christian and your problems will be gone.”

No friends, that’s not how it works, and that kind of preaching is leading people to hell in a hand basket. Christians still suffer.

That’s not biblical at all and that’s so frustrating. The Bible says we will suffer. Words like these are leading people into Christianity blind. Those words sound good, and they feel good, and they might even get someone to come to Jesus, but what is that worth if it isn’t true?

“Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. Resist him, standing firm in the faith, because you know that the family of believers throughout the world is undergoing the same kind of sufferings.”
‭‭1 Peter‬ ‭5:8-9‬ ‭NIV‬‬

I’ve seen Christians fall away from faith because they encounter something hard and think “I’m a Christian now, so why isn’t God taking my problems?” And I totally get it, because it’s a hard pill to swallow. We’re all going to suffer whether we follow Jesus or we don’t. The rain falls on the just and the unjust. But where people get confused is that they think God is the one bringing the rain.

Friends, we’re placing the blame in the wrong spot.

Maybe God has stopped the first nine attacks, but let one attack come through.

It’s because He can redeem and restore absolutely anything, no matter how bad it may be to walk through. But so many people fall out of faith before they can get to the restoration, and that’s exactly what the devil wants. He attacks us, and we blame God, and we run into the arms of the one who brought the hurt in the first place.

It breaks my heart, but I want you to know, God still loves you. If you’ve blamed Him, cussed Him, screamed at Him, and rejected Him with a broken heart; He still loves you. Run back to the healer. Run back to the restorer. Go run back to the redeemer. Run back to the savior. Know that while Christians still suffer, but we don’t suffer alone. We have God walking through our pain with us, extending His peace and hope.

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