June 7
When WHY Isn’t Answered
Posted on May 31, 2012 by katherine
Are you like me and have asked God some serious questions of “Why” something happened. And, to make matters worse- no answer was given? It seemed you were going along in life just fine, doing your best to live for God. Until, all of a sudden, like a whirlwind, everything around you was completely devastated.
I know another person who can relate- Job. Job had some horrible un-imaginable things happen in his life. It says that Job lived righteously & loved God. He was doing everything right, yet he lost his family, everything he owned, and suffered horrendous physical things like: boils (2:7), itching (2:8), drastic change of appearance (2:12), worms and running sores (7:5), corroding bones and gnawing pain (30:17), blackened skin and fever (30:30), and this happened over several months (7:3; 29:2).
Can you imagine going through all of that and still being able to say, “Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him.” Job 13:15 KJV
I am learning even though I don’t understand and may never completely understand the “Whys” God is so faithful and He can be trusted. We must continue trusting God no matter what may come our way. His mercies are new every morning!
God has such a compassionate heart for us, and I believe God sees and understands our tears, mourning, and even emotional break downs. But, in the midst of it all, we must not let our mouths sin against God. Resolve in your mind & with your mouth that you will continue trusting God and believing everything will work out for your good. The devil wants us to give up and sin against God with our mouths. The Bible says that Job didn’t sin with his lips against God. Instead, he said, “…The LORD gave, and the LORD has taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD.”
You may feel like giving up right now. I want to encourage you with a scripture from Galatians 6, “Let’s not get tired of doing what is good. At just the right time, we will reap a harvest of blessing, if we don’t give up.”
Look at the harvest Job reaped for not giving up. He was rewarded to an even better wealthy state, a bigger family and his daughters were the most beautiful in the land, Job went on to live one hundred and forty years, and saw his children and grandchildren for four generations.
I see great reward coming! Join me in shouting from the rooftops: Blessed be the Name of the Lord and don’t worry about the “Why’s”. In fact, let the “Why’s” go in Jesus Name! Blessed be the Name of the Lord!
“Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him” Job 13:15 KJV
When WHY Isn’t Answered
Posted on May 31, 2012 by katherine
Are you like me and have asked God some serious questions of “Why” something happened. And, to make matters worse- no answer was given? It seemed you were going along in life just fine, doing your best to live for God. Until, all of a sudden, like a whirlwind, everything around you was completely devastated.
I know another person who can relate- Job. Job had some horrible un-imaginable things happen in his life. It says that Job lived righteously & loved God. He was doing everything right, yet he lost his family, everything he owned, and suffered horrendous physical things like: boils (2:7), itching (2:8), drastic change of appearance (2:12), worms and running sores (7:5), corroding bones and gnawing pain (30:17), blackened skin and fever (30:30), and this happened over several months (7:3; 29:2).
Can you imagine going through all of that and still being able to say, “Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him.” Job 13:15 KJV
I am learning even though I don’t understand and may never completely understand the “Whys” God is so faithful and He can be trusted. We must continue trusting God no matter what may come our way. His mercies are new every morning!
God has such a compassionate heart for us, and I believe God sees and understands our tears, mourning, and even emotional break downs. But, in the midst of it all, we must not let our mouths sin against God. Resolve in your mind & with your mouth that you will continue trusting God and believing everything will work out for your good. The devil wants us to give up and sin against God with our mouths. The Bible says that Job didn’t sin with his lips against God. Instead, he said, “…The LORD gave, and the LORD has taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD.”
You may feel like giving up right now. I want to encourage you with a scripture from Galatians 6, “Let’s not get tired of doing what is good. At just the right time, we will reap a harvest of blessing, if we don’t give up.”
Look at the harvest Job reaped for not giving up. He was rewarded to an even better wealthy state, a bigger family and his daughters were the most beautiful in the land, Job went on to live one hundred and forty years, and saw his children and grandchildren for four generations.
I see great reward coming! Join me in shouting from the rooftops: Blessed be the Name of the Lord and don’t worry about the “Why’s”. In fact, let the “Why’s” go in Jesus Name! Blessed be the Name of the Lord!
“Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him” Job 13:15 KJV
