Does God Himself have problems that He finds difficult to solve? How could Someone both omniscient and omnipotent have any kind of difficulty? Isn't everything in this universe easy for Him? He has infinite resources, an innumerable "staff" of willing, capable servants, the holy angels.
If I understand Islamic theology, I think the answer would be No, God has no really difficult problems. And if I understand strict Calvinist theology (which may be more strict than Calvin himself was), again the answer would be No; His sovereign will just gets done, that's all. And in either case, it's up to you and me to submit to Him, if we want to be happy. That's all.
But when we kneel down at the feet of Jesus and listen, and "abide" in Him, and identify with Him (which is what it means to be "in Christ" experientially), we begin to sense that He has burdens that are heavy for Him. Although He invites us to "come" and find "rest of soul" because His "yoke is easy, and [His] burden is light" (Matt. 11:28-30), we find that He has not yet found that "rest" Himself. He still can't keep Sabbath. His burden is heavy.
Whether or not we identify with Him, He identifies with the human race in starkly genuine sympathy--"believers" and so-called "unbelievers" alike. "In all their affliction He [is] afflicted" (Isa. 63:9). Incomprehensible? Well, it's time we should begin to realize reality. He carries an enormous load of pain as He feels the agony of all on earth who are in pain of any kind. The "all power" He has is to feel for others.
In our finite judgment, probably the most severe problem He has is what to do about the "sibling rivalry" that has wounded His "body," the church. It began with the conflict between Cain and Abel, and ran through all the millennia of the history of God's true people on earth right up to the "sibling rivalry" that exploded within the "Israel" of Christ's day when the majority rejected and crucified Him. God knows that the only solution is AGAPE (John 13:34, 35). But how does the Holy Spirit "shed that AGAPE abroad in our hearts" (Rom. 5:5) if we are unwilling to surrender to it? Can we get out of the kindergarten and begin to share His burden?
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