Coping with Life: How do you view God? The answer is very important because the way a person views God and the quality of the relationship with God will be significant factors in how one deals with stress and crisis. Throughout the Psalms, we read of the human emotions that accompany the broad spectrum of circumstances in the psalmists’ and our own lives. There we find joy and sadness, fear and pain, exuberance and depression, victory and defeat, hope and despair. The emotions expressed in the Psalms are as diverse as the events that generated them. What sustained the writers throughout the course of these events was personal faith and a biblical worldview—the ability to view life in accordance with God’s divine perspective (see Pss. 102, 116, and 121). These same supports are available to us today. Our fears and tears are very real, but knowing God and understanding something of God’s nature can lead us from despair to hope. The Bible teaches us that God is omniscient and omnipresent, that is, all-knowing and everywhere. God knows all actual and possible things. God knows the anguish and anxiety in each of our lives and is aware of every aspect of our daily existence. God is also present in the midst of our trials and temptations, which means we are never alone or helpless, even though our feelings would have us believe otherwise (see Ps. 139). Scripture also teaches that God is omnipotent or all powerful. God is able to deliver us from all of our trials and temptations. Stewart, G. (1998)
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