As featured for the Jesus Calling podcast, Relevant podcast, Catalyst podcast, as well as the Alli Worthington Display podcast with Alli Worthington.

‘I want to believe, I wish to have wish, but .’ Pastor and bestselling writer Craig Groeschel hears these words often and has asked them himself. You want to understand God, experience his presence, and trust that he hears our prayers, however in the midst of great discomfort, we may wonder if he really cares about us. Even when we’ve both hope and hurt, sometimes about Wish in the Dark: Believing God Is Good When Life ISN’T it’s the hurt that shouts the loudest. Can God become good when life is not?

In Hope at night, Groeschel explores the story of the father who brought his demon-possessed son to Jesus, saying, ‘I believe! Help my unbelief!’ In the man’s honest plea, Jesus heard the tension in the man’s battle-scarred heart. He healed not only the boy but the father as well, traveling out the hopelessness that acquired overtaken him. He can do the same for all of us today.

As Groeschel stocks his pain encircling the current wellness problems of his girl, he acknowledges the queries we might ask inside our own deepest discomfort: ‘Where was God after i had been abused?’ ‘Why was my kid born using a disability?’ ‘Why did the cancer come back?’ ‘Why are my friends married and I’m alone?’ He invites us to wrestle with such queries even as we consult God to honor our faith and heal our unbelief.

Between your profound pain, you miss authentic words of understanding and hope. You lengthy to learn that actually in overwhelming reality, you can still believe that God is usually good. Rediscover a faith in the character, power, and existence of God. Also in the queries. Even now.

Reflection questions can be found through the audiobook partner PDF download.

Hope at night is also obtainable in Spanish, Esperanza en la Oscuridad.