We may sometimes look around at the things we see happening in the world and wonder why God has ordered His creation the way He has. We see that there are those individuals to whom God has given great wealth, or those to whom God has given some exceptional talent, ability or opportunities by which they are able to obtain some measure of wealth, prestige, prominence, or power for themselves.
At the same time, we see others who struggle in life. For these the ability to obtain wealth and sometimes even the ability to make ends meet seems to be out of reach. Many of us as believers may look at those who have been given so much of what the world values and esteems highly, and we may find ourselves wondering why God does not give us more of the
“good things in life”, so that our burdens might be eased, and so that we could enjoy more of what many would call “the good life”.