How do you balance this with Psalms of lament? Indeed, Paul says we rejoice in our sufferings, but even Jesus prayed in the garden for the path to change and cried out in despair on the cross
Discussion
To balance, suffering sucks for everyone, including Job, David, Paul, and Jesus.
But we are called to trust, worship, and fellowship with God through the suffering… not move away from—or be angry with—Him.
Agreed. Afflictions are a source of trial for all of us. The Prophets were all subjected to suffering (often by their own communities).
“And certainly, We shall test you with something of fear, hunger, loss of wealth, lives and fruits, but give glad tidings to the patient ones.” (Qur’an 2:155)
This is most certainly true.
The lack of desiring to follow Jesus through suffering comes from the prevalence of moralistic therapeutic deism, especially in the North American Church.
Great article on that here: https://www.1517.org/articles/moralistic-therapeutic-deism