Defending the Almighty God (No Cussing Necessary)

OK.  I need to backtrack in Romans.  I’d made it all the way through Chapter 7, and then a question came up this week that I started wrestling with, and it sent me scattering through Romans for an answer.  I think I found it, but it may take a couple of weeks to completely and thoroughly figure it out.  Here’s “The Question”:  Have you
ever wanted (or felt the need) to defend God?

Recently, I’ve been in that position, where I felt like God was “cornered,”
and I struggle with how to respond.  Does
God want me to come to his defense?  Does
he need me to?  After all, he is God, and
is more than capable of stepping up to the plate on his own behalf.  Yet, from time to time, I meet with very
honest people, who struggle with connecting the dots between the events of
their life, and the character of God.  I
understand when we’ve been in tough spots (or are currently), how difficult
that can be.  When circumstances out of
our control occur, we wonder things like, “If God is good, then why didn’t he
step in or step up, and keep this from happening?”  “If God says that it ‘isn’t good for man to
be alone,’ then why am I alone and lonely and in my 40’s?”  “Where was God when I was being hurt?” I’ve
even had someone say, “God just seems to be like the big bully who stands over
an ant with a magnifying glass, just to watch them squirm; only I am the ant.”  Or, “God promises to give us what we need,
but it’s like I’m dying of hunger, and he says, ‘…oh, here’s a blanket; you
must be cold.’”   I’m so thankful for honesty, and I want to
provide a safe place where people can feel free to examine their
uncertainty.  Yet, from time to time,
when God’s character comes into question, and unbelief looms large, something rises up within me
wanting to speak to his integrity.  At
the same time, doing so feels like I’m arguing…  So, then I wonder, am I allowing myself to
get into a senseless argument, which Proverbs and the New Testament are filled
with warning against, calling it foolish?

Does my unbelief nullify God’s faithfulness (just because I
have a hard time believing God’s character does that mean he’s not who he says
he is – Romand 3:3 & 4):  May
it never be!

Is God unjust (just because I don’t seem to have life as
easy as someone else, is he unfair, unjust, unrighteous – Romans 3:5 & 6, 9:14):  May it never
be!

Has God completely rejected those he says he loves (just because
God has blessed someone else, does that mean he’s turning his back on me – Romans 11:1):  May it never
be!

Here are some observations for such situations (if I
want to follow Paul’s lead): 

State the truth emphatically (but don’t cuss). 
It’s always important to bring to light anything that bleeds of heresy with a
rebuke.  Goodness doesn’t shy away
from speaking what is right, no matter how hard or forceful it needs to be (although
goodness is always preceded in the list of spiritual fruit with kindness,
reminding me to temper my “goodness” with love).  Yes, we can be forceful and loving at the
same time.

Once I speak truth offensively, I must let it go…and let
the Spirit of God take over.  After correction
has been verbalized, God will step up, step in, and come to his own
defense when necessary in his own timing.  In his own sweet way, truth
will win out.  It will never be forced
down another’s throat, but in the wooing, gentle way of God’s Spirit, he always allows
truth to continue to prick at the heart.