Ever Ask “Why”?

February 23, 2010

I have, and I still do. As we travel the Christian journey we are going to experience circumstances that we do not understand. Being human, it is natural that we want to know why our loving God allows or perhaps even causes them.

Job’s trials were not caused by God but by the devil in an effort to get him to turn away from God. In an effort to understand the whys of our own trials, we must recognize that the battle between the forces of good and evil have been going on since the Garden of Eden and that it is being fought all around us today (Eph. 6:12).

We must seek God’s wisdom (James 1:5) to recognize the true cause of our trials. Remember, “in all this, Job did not sin by charging God with wrong doing” (Job 1:22).

It is amazing that those with no faith in God seldom blame Him for their troubles but that those who believe often ask, “Why did God allow this to happen to me?” While we are on this earth, our physical and spiritual lives are not disconnected, but totally interconnected. It is in our circumstances (physical lives) where the spiritual warfare takes place.

When we become believers and followers of Jesus Christ, we are volunteering to become soldiers and to participant in a spiritual battle. We can expect victories but also battles that try our soul, our spirit, and our faith. It is even quite possible that the more we seek to please Him, the more we will be aware of that spiritual battle.

In studying the Bible we become aware that Jesus and His disciples were constantly waging the battle against the devil and his evilness. Who could have experienced this battle more than our own Savior in His ministry, in the Garden, before Pilot, and on the cross? He promised that in this world we would have trouble but He also encouraged us to “take heart! I have overcome the world” (John 16:33).

I will be praying this week for each one who reads these words and ask that you also pray for me as I sort out the whys in my own life. May we together live as Peter admonished us in 1 Peter 5:6-10.

As always I welcome your questions or comments.

John welcomes your comments either below or email him directly at john@faithrescued.com

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