WHY GOD MIGHT AFFLICT HIS PEOPLE?
The Bible shows that God afflict his people. Many people wonder why God afflicts his people. The Bible gives us some insights: “God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son,” as an atoning sacrifice for our sins (Romans 6:23; John 3:16). The Bible also says God “disciplines the one he loves” to correct them (Hebrews 12:6-12).
GOD AFFLICTED HIS PEOPLE OF THE OLD TESTAMENT
Because of God’s love for his people of the Old Testament he afflicted them to cause them to return to him. They had lost their lost their love for him. The Lord disciplined them by allowing another nation to take them captive. But when they repented and prayed and turn to him, the Lord freed them, and healed their relationship with him. (Ezekiel 39:33; Jeremiah 50:4-5).
MIGHT GOD AFFLICT HIS PEOPLE TODAY?
The Lord God “does whatever he pleases” in heaven and on earth (Psalm 115:3; 135:6)
He is the same yesterday, today and forever (Hebrews 13:8). His love is the same. But might he use different forms of adversity to correction his people today? Among many possibilities, might he use events like the “9/11” attack or the “covid-19” pandemic to cause people to turn to him?
The Lord said, “if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and heal their land” (2Chronicles 7:14)
