Is God Just Watching You Suffer?

Out of Neutral | Grace Baptist Church · Apr 30, 2025 · 6m

Is God Just Watching You Suffer? Paul Sadler

Sometimes, it’s hard to understand what God is thinking when we face painful circumstances. Knowing God could have prevented the trial we’re going through makes us question His heart toward us. Is He cold, stern, and uncaring? Does He just stand aloof and watch us suffer?

I was helped in dealing with some of these questions by Dane Ortlund’s book, “Gentle and Lowly: The Heart of Christ for Sinners and Sufferers.” Three insights stood out.

1. Jesus’ heart is gentle and lowly

Ortlund shares how his father learned from Charles Spurgeon that there’s…