Psalm 44

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How do we reconcile the fact that God who is sovereign allows his people to suffer. Even the people that have not forgotten His name(v17)?

When you read all the bad that happened to these people you think. That is what they deserve for accepting false god's and worshiping idols. They had not (v20).

Verse 22 shines some light on the picture. For the sake of the Lord, we face death all day long. Has God really rejected His people? Is there another explanation?

Isaiah 53
In Isaiah 53 we see that whoever this is about is despised, smitten, afflicted, pierced, crushed, chastened, scourged, oppressed, afflicted again, led to slaughter, oppressed again, and judged.
It says the Lord was pleased to crush him. God allowed Jesus to receive every single one of these things, to the letter. Then in verse 10 it says the Lord was pleased? God did not have to come and die on this earth for you. He wanted to because it pleased him. God is happy in His name and he is happy to do good to you. In the death of Jesus both of these occurred. He was able to make you right with himself. You no longer owe a wage for your sin. This is good beyond your wildest dream (and that isn't even the best part). God glorified his own name by remaining just! The price was death, and the most precious of lives was taken for His name.

So when you think that God is unfair to allow suffering to occur on His children. Think of the suffering he cause on Jesus and rejoice that you may be counted worthy to experience the same things as our treasured Jesus (1 Peter 4:13).

Romans 8:36-39
If there were not things trying to peel us out of God's own hand how would he be glorified. God uses the suffering to "overwhelmingly conquer" (v37 NASB) through Him. This means when we suffer and even though God allows it we cannot lose. It isn't even going to extra innings. It will not be close. He has us in his hand no matter what. Whether you suffer or not is not up to how you perform! You can do good and get led off to slaughter like in Psalm 44 or do bad like in Jeremiah 12. Be joyful that you are the Lords and if you suffer he is doing it to reflect his own glory off of you. You will come out of this or die trying, like Paul said, "to live is Christ and to die is gain (Philippians 1:21)."