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It Is Not Ours to Ask "Why?"

November 21, 2018 Save Article


As for God, His way is perfect; the word of the Lord is tried: He is a buckler to all them that trust in Him. 2 Samuel 22:31



As a pastor, I've gone to so many funerals, so many hospitals, so many children's wards. I've had strong dads come up to me, their eyes brimming with tears, chin quivering. They take me by the lapel and say, “Pastor, why is this happening to my child? Why? Why?”


We want to know why? Where is God? Learn this about life. Life is not a problem to be solved, it is a mystery to be lived. That is what the book of Job is telling us. We do not live by explanations, we live by promises. And God never did explain anything to Job. Sometimes it is God's plan that we don't understand. Because when we don't understand and trust Him, that my friend is a greater, greater faith than understanding and trusting him.


Is something happening for which you have no explanation? Yet you long for answers. Ask God to give you peace and grace to trust Him.

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