MY WORD FOR JULY 21 IS WHY

My word for July 21^st is WHY

There are times in our lives that we all ask the question why?  We are all asking why this young 24 year old would walk into a theater and kill innocent people?  We ask why do young people get diagnosed with cancer?  We may ask why young parents are taken from their children?  Why do our friends hurt us?  Why? Why? Why?  It is difficult to look at all of these situations and realize that there is something positive to come out of something horrific.  It is especially difficult for those that are close to the situation.  Why is a word that is used by young children to find out answers.  The answers are usually simple when asked by a young child.   As we get older we continue to ask the one word question why? For adults the answers are more difficult to give.  Many of the answers we can’t see or we don’t understand.  We may never have an answer. 

Only God has the answers to many of the questions that we ask as an adult.  Only He knows.  So where do we go with the questions why?  We still go to God, but we have to have faith to not know the answer.  We must be satisfied that God will make something positive come from the negative.  We must trust in the Lord.  In the article, “Why does God allow bad things happen to good people?” the author states that no one is actually good, everyone sins.  This is true.  The article was very interesting and it left me with a feeling of “ok I get that.”  The author related this to the story of Job.  Job suffered many hardships in life, but Job still trusted in God.  He knew that God was good.  He knew that God had a reason, a reason that he could never see. 

We may never understand or have the answer to WHY?  All we must do is always trust in the Lord.  He is omniscient, we aren’t.  We can’t see the will of God.  We do know however that God is good and merciful.  Don’t doubt God trust in Him.

Proverbs 3:5-6

Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight. 

Dear Lord we know that we won’t have the answer to every why question in our lives.  We know that we must trust You even when we have nothing to rely on but faith.  Guide us to see that something positive will come out of every negative.  During 2012 we know that life isn’t for us to understand, we just need to walk everyday with You. 

http://www.gotquestions.org/bad-things-good-people.html Why does God allow bad things to happen to good people?