I confess that there are times when I am tempted to doubt God’s goodness. When I see the terrible pictures of misery and suffering in Haiti, I confess that I do not understand what David means when he says:

Psa. 145:9 The LORD is good to all; he has compassion on all he has made

I know that there are some of you that live under a shadow of pain and loss – whether because of things done to you or things that you have done. It is as if a cloud blocks out the sun of joy or a wall somehow separates you from others who can sing along with David in this psalm. Yet I still think that this psalm is for those of us who are confused about God’s goodness:

Psa.145:14 The LORD upholds all who fall and lifts up all who are bowed down…18 The LORD is near to all who call on him… 19 He fulfils the desires of those who fear him; he hears their cry and saves them.

If you stumble or are bowed down by your confusions, then cry out, cry out to God and he will save you from them. If your desire is to believe then God will help your unbelief. I know that this is true because that is what God did for the Lord Jesus when he faced temptation even to the point of death:

Heb.2:14  Since the children have flesh and blood, Jesus too shared in their humanity …18 Because he himself suffered when he was tempted, he is able to help those who are being tempted. Heb. 4:15 For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but One who has been tested in every way as we are, yet without sin. Heb. 5:7 During His earthly life, Jesus offered prayers and appeals, with loud cries and tears, to the One who was able to save Him from death, and He was heard because of His reverence.8 Though a Son, Jesus learned obedience through what He suffered. 9 After He was perfected, He became the source of eternal salvation to all who obey Him,

There never was one more brought down than the one who left heaven to be laid out on a cross. There never was one more bowed down than the one who bore the sins of the world on his shoulders. The Lord Jesus who, though he never sinned, was murdered by the people he came to save and God heard his cry on the cross and saved Him from the tomb. God fulfilled the desire of Jesus who only ever sort to do good and honour God and because of God’s righteousness, because of God’s faithfulness in all that He does, the Lord Jesus lives for you and me.

When I doubt, the Lord Jesus trusts for me, when we are confused the Lord Jesus understands for us and all this is the proof of God’s love for us – His power and his goodness are found in his faithfulness.