He doesn’t want the poor to suffer
What is the source of wars and fights among you? Don’t they come from the cravings that are at war within you? (James 4:1 HCSB)
How much of the world’s suffering is caused by humankind, such as wars in which millions have been killed and maimed. Is God to blame for man’s wars? God is not to blame for the suffering caused by war, but rather humankind’s greed or thirst for power, glory, and selfish gain.
Look at the millions who are starving each year in some parts of our world, when there is a surplus of food in other parts of the world. God has provided more than enough so that no one need go hungry! But while surpluses are stored or destroyed in some parts of the world, the people in other nations starve.
God’s Word repeatedly advises and even commands those who have abundance to share with those who have not, because He doesn’t want the poor to suffer.
“Why does God allow suffering?” is one of the great questions of life. Though we can understand many of the reasons through reading God’s Word, there are some things we won’t fully understand until the next life, when we are able to see things as God sees them.
God’s Word promises us that all the suffering for those who love God will come to an end, and He “will wipe away every tear from our eyes, and there will be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying; and there will be no more pain, for the former things are passed away.” [1]
God had one son on earth without sin, but never one without suffering. —St. Augustine
[1] Activated The Search for Meaning