Why would God be worried about you getting a raise, while at the same time ignoring the prayers of desperate innocent little children who are starving to death? Why would a loving God do this?
First of all, the author of the question is setting up a giant strawman argument! He also is assuming that the starving children in third world countries are praying for food. Second, the author is assuming that the starving children are praying to the Christian and Hebrew god YHWH or His Son, Jesus of Nazareth, the Christ. Third, the author assumes that Christians are praying for raises at their place of work. Fourth, the author assumes that God ignores prayers of desperate innocent little children. Fifth, the author is assuming that Christians aren’t already praying from them. Sixth, even if Christians were praying for raises at their jobs, is that such a bad thing? Isn’t it a good thing to have some extra cash at the end of the month to send to a worldwide organization so they can feed the children who are hungry? Seventh, the author assumes that God is “doing” this (ignoring them) to the children on purpose!
As Christians, we are told to feed the poor and to help the hungry. Jesus said if you feed and clothe them, that we were clothing and feeding Him. What will you do now that you have found Jesus? With assurance, Christians are already struggling to feed the hungry children in many third world countries but it’s a losing battle. There are too many people and not enough food or money to save them all but Christians will not give up. What are the God-haters and Atheists organizations doing about the starving children in these places? Are Atheists really concerned about starving little black children in Africa or are they more concerned with mocking God?
Genesis 12:10 tells a story of a severe famine in the land where Abram was living. Abram decided to leave the land and went to Egypt (Africa) to wait out the famine. Common sense, right? Here, we have an example of what the responsibility should be of the parents of these starving children. This is good advice, but yet these people continue to live in a country that is stricken with severe droughts and famines yearly and they will not move! We should send them luggage and provide transportation with a one-way ticket to anywhere but there and bring them to where the food is! Somebody please tell them to stop living in the desert, nothing grows there!
God will hold the parents of these starving children responsible for their negligence. Can God force them to move? No. Is this God’s fault? No. Stop blaming God for the poor decisions of the parents of these hungry children. The children suffer because of the sins of their parents (Jeremiah 32:18). If you want somebody to blame, blame the parents. Why didn’t these poor parents care for their own hungry children? Why won’t they take drastic measures to move to where food is? How difficult is it to just start walking?
On the other hand, we should know how God feels about children. God hates people who oppress children because He cares for them (Psalm 146:9;Malachi 3:5). Only in God do orphans find mercy and protects them from harm (Hosea 14:3; Jeremiah 49:11). God proclaims to be a Father to the fatherless (Psalm 68:5).
How does Jesus feel about children? In Matthew 19:14 Jesus said, “Let the children come to me. Don’t stop them! For the Kingdom of Heaven belongs to such as these.” And he put his hands on their heads and blessed them before he left (NLT).“ And, in Matthew 18:6 Jesus says, “But if anyone causes one of these little ones who trusts in me to lose faith, it would be better for that person to be thrown into the sea with a large millstone tied around the neck (NLT).” Is that you, Mr. or Mrs. Atheist?
Matthew 14:18-19 - “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, for he has appointed me to preach Good News to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim that captives will be released, that the blind will see, that the downtrodden will be freed from their oppressors, and that the time of the Lord’s favor has come (NLT).”
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