God is not the one authoring the harm. That is on the broken world, all the broken people (including you and me) in the world with our sharp edges, and the powers of evil that hate God and all that is good and lovely. But God does not leave it there. God insists on finding a way to turn even these horrible things into good.
“What’s In It for Me?”
The Bible also talks about being good stewards, being responsible as well as generous. You and I cannot spend what is not ours, what is supposed to cover our obligations. But we can be responsible and generous, just as God is.
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“Why Should I Get Involved?”
DeStefano points out this amazingly simple yet propfound truth: When we help someone we reduce the amount of suffering in the world, we become part of the process of God working things together for good.
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Where Are You, God?
Are you really down about something right now? Just sick about it, you are so disappointed. Everything looks bad. What might happen if you went directly to God and asked the Lord to comfort you and encourage you?
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Why Won’t God Answer My Prayer?
Anthony DeStefano opens his book on prayer with this quote: “When a doctoral student at Princeton asked, ‘What is there left in the world for original dissertation research?’ Albert Einstein replied, ‘Find out about prayer. Somebody must find out about prayer.’”
