Who can you trust? This may be the question of the decade. People around the world, even in our beloved homeland, have been betrayed by those to whom they have given their trust. The powerful and influential have exploited their position and have wielded their influence on the backs of common people, people who do not deserved to be treated as if they really don’t matter in the scheme of things.

Suffering is not new; it goes as far back into human history as can be known. It seems to go with the turf of being in a broken world. No one is exempt; no one.

Suffering is a major theme in the Bible. God does not ignore this huge issue, because it is a part of the human experience; it is a part of the Christian experience.

From the early Church right on down to this very morning, Christians have suffered simply because they are Christians. Some of the suffering is regulated by governments, some comes simply because of man’s inhumanity to man.

Suffering is not unique to the Christian but it is such an important theme in Scripture that one would be unwise to ignore the counsel. The letter of I Peter was written to Christians in suffering. Peter told them not to be surprised at the fiery ordeal among them (4:12) but to make sure than always and forever their suffering came not because of some evil action on their part, but because they were seeking to faithful to Christ.

Peter’s word of counsel went further. He told them that they could be sure that God was the One to whom they could entrust their souls, and that He would always do right by them.

Some times life doesn’t make sense and it is hurtful, but on the journey God is with His people, and He can be trusted even with their souls.