“We often think that, if God is not doing what I want when I want it, then either He is not God or He is not loving. But, He has demonstrated just how important we are to Him by lavishing His gifts on us…If we don’t have something we need today, it’s not because God isn’t capable of meeting our need, or that He is unconcerned about it. He always has a purpose in how He responds to our needs…God’s actions in the past–His generosity to us–prove that He loves us and cares about us.”
Joel Bruce in Our Generous God (Bloomington: WestBow Press 2011) 4.