Does God always reward obedience? Do good people suffer? Do bad people enjoy pleasures? Is life “fair”? No.
Remember, God is God. “He causes the rain to fall on the just and the unjust.” Matthew 5:45. We all get wet together. Some rains nurture, some rains destroy. And we suffer for corporate sin. What is “corporate sin,”—something about Exxon or Microsoft? No. “Corporate sin” means the sins of your community—the body of people around you. America is filled with immorality, and all Americans suffer for it. You and I suffer because of the corporate sin around us. As Isaiah said, “Woe is me, for I am a man of unclean lips, and I live among a people of unclean lips” Isaiah 6:5. Like Isaiah, we are touched by the sin around us.
However, God is merciful. He sees your suffering. He knows your heart. If you are seeking Him and obeying Him, He can protect you during a global disaster.
“Now if you faithfully obey the Lord your God and are careful to follow all His commands I am giving you today, the Lord your God will put you far above all the nations of the earth. All these blessings will come and will overtake you, because you obey the Lord your God.
You will be blessed in the city and blessed in the country,
Your descendants will be blessed, and your land’s produce [fruits and vegetables], and the offspring of your livestock [meat],
Your basket [grain] and your kneeding bowl [bread] will be blessed.
You will blessed when you come in and blessed when you go out….
Your enemies will march out against you from one direction, but flee from you in seven directions. The Lord will grant a blessing on your storehouses [banks] and on everything you do [work]…. You will be the head and not the tail; you will only move upward and never downward.” Deuteronomy 28:1-13.
Ask God to make you and me faithful and obedient, and to protect us and bless us during this challenging time.
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