“Learning to ask Who
not Why”
. . .Surely I
spoke of things I did not understand, things too wonderful for me to know. .
.therefore I despise myself and repent in dust and ashes ~ Job 42:3b, 6 NIV
No life in this world is without trials and troubles.
Sometimes they come in small unrelenting jabs and other times like a tsunami
wave. As believers we are told to expect them, yet like Job we question God’s
purpose in allowing them. We ask why, hoping if we could understand we could make
sense of them and accept them. After studying the book of Job, I learned that
God never answered Job’s questioning, even after God forgave him his
presumptiveness, restored his losses, and honored him for his faithfulness.
Job had his audience with God and appealed to Him to give an
answer for his miseries—loss of family, wealth, and health. Instead, God asked Job
over seventy questions to which he had no answer. He realized God was God, sovereign
over all things and that He owes no one an explanation.
Rather than asking “why” when we don’t understand what’s happening,
we should consider “WHO” is behind it all, whether by His permissive or
sovereign will. “Why” ends in the letter
“y” which could stand for “you,” indicating it’s all about “you.” If we
consider “WHO” instead, “o” represents the “One” and “Only”—God Almighty. Is
anyone qualified to question God about anything? When we see God as He is and
ourselves as we are, like Job, we should repent of our “presumptive” sin and
trust His sovereignty and trustworthiness.
Heavenly Father, thank you for working everything
together to those who love You—for our good and Your Glory.
Sandra
is a FaithWriters Platinum member, author of “My Faithbook Messages” which can
be found HERE.
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