Does God Fish For Suffering? The Radical Truth Bible Studies Won't Tell You

Hey there, cosmic wanderer.

Let’s deal with this good ol’ belief, that nagging itch planted in your mind by some well-meaning Bible-study buff: everything that happens, happens because of God's will.

Oh yeah? You catch a fish and it's divine intervention, but what about when a child suffers? God's will too? Sit tight, let's take this train off the tracks and explore the desolate landscapes where spirituality, morality, and cold, hard existentialism shake hands.

Prepare to untangle some messy lines.

God's Will: A Convenient Catch-All

Let's get one thing straight:

This idea of God's will as an all-encompassing explanation for life's inconsistencies? It's a crutch.

A convenient way for people to duck responsibility, ignore the inexplicable, and avoid the terrifying gaze of a godless universe. "It's God's will," they say. Alright, let's extend that logic. If catching a fish is God's will, so must be war, famine, and yes, even that innocent child's suffering. Remember the biblical story of Job? Guy loses everything—wealth, family, health—and yet holds onto his faith. He doesn't blame God.

Instead, he enters into a dialogue with Him, an existential back-and-forth trying to tease out the why behind the suffering. And God's answer? A cosmic shrug. He tells Job he can't comprehend the complexity of divine will.

Convenient? You bet. Insightful? Hardly.

Your Fishing Rod, Your Responsibility

Enough with passing the buck to the divine.

You catch a fish, you pulled the string. Own it. See, what you're really avoiding is the face staring back at you in the mirror.

The existential abyss, where you and only you are accountable for your life, and all its pleasure and suffering. That's right, it's you steering this ship, not some cosmic puppeteer. Back in the 19th century, Nietzsche declared God dead, leaving humans responsible for their own fate, with no heavenly rulebook to follow. He might've been onto something.

Now, don't misunderstand me—I'm not saying suffering is always your fault, but the idea that it's some divine plan is a cop-out. You've got to grapple with the raw chaos of life, the unknowable mystery.

Don't try to pawn it off on God's ledger.

To Will or Not To Will, That's Not The Question

People like to pin everything on God's will…

…as though He's some grand cosmic director dictating every scene, every line, every action.

But have you ever considered the possibility that maybe, just maybe, God's will is for you to uncover your own? Like Socrates telling you he knows that he knows nothing, pushing you to question everything, even God Himself. You're part of this cosmic drama not merely as a puppet but as a scriptwriter. Think I'm kidding? In 2019, I woke up from the matrix.

Reality, as it turns out, is less about some divine will, and more about peeling away the layers of illusion you've wrapped around yourself. I found that real freedom comes from realizing your own nature, not by attributing every twist and turn to forces outside yourself…

…like some divine screenplay.

The Abyss Stares Back

Hey, if you need to believe that God's pulling all the strings, go ahead, but know this:

Belief is the poor man's knowledge. Real understanding comes from staring into the abyss and letting it stare right back at you. If you've got the guts to pull at that thread, you might just find that God's will and your will are two sides of the same cosmic coin. Question everything. Own your life. Navigate the moral and existential maze without a divine compass.

After all, the ultimate revelation might just be that there's no will but your own. Take that leap, and who knows? You might end up rewriting the script. So go on, drop that line, but this time, know that you're not just fishing for answers…

…you're fishing for yourself.