“Why did God let this happen?”
“Why doesn’t God do something?”
“Where was God when this happened?”
“How can God let this happen to me?”
These are real life questions for people living in a real world with real problems. During the tough times in life when things are hard, people often wonder where God is. The answer is He is exactly where He was and always is. He is at work in His creation fulfilling His perfect will.
“What is that perfect will?” you ask. It is to bring glory to the greatest holiest most blessed being in all creation. It is to honor the One who is worthy of the highest honor. God’s will is to bring glory to Himself.
For self-centered needy people, that doesn’t sound like what we want. But actually it is. We need order in our lives. We know we are not perfect and worthy to be worshipped and praised as the highest and best being in the universe. We know that God alone is worthy to be worshipped and praised.
When we know that and live for that end, we find peace, joy, and comfort in any season of life. Those who cannot find peace, joy, and comfort in any season are people who are looking to have peace, joy, and comfort provided by something that cannot last. They lose peace, joy, and comfort the moment the thing they were counting on is threatened or lost.
When we glory in God alone and seek our peace, joy, and comfort in Him alone, we never are lacking because God is eternal and perfect and cannot cease to be. By living for Him and loving Him above all things and worshipping Him as the greatest good we gain order and strength in our lives.
Speaking of Lazarus’ impending death Jesus said in John 11:4 “This sickness will not end in death. No, it is for God’s glory so that God’s Son may be glorified through it.”
No one who trusts in God dies to God. Our bodies die, but our souls live forever in God’s glory. Those who live in God and for His glory die that way. In between now and that time when thye see God face to face they will have struggles and hurts. People they love will die and plans they make will occasionally fail, but in the end they will live at peace and have joy and receive God’s comfort because they are not counting on anything except God. And God never fails!
Are they sad when people they love die and their plans fail? Yes! Even Jesus wept as He came close to the grave of Lazarus. But Jesus always had hope and joy and peace and gave comfort because He knew even in the tragedy of death and loss God would receive glory and good always follows when God is given glory.
“Why doesn’t God do something?”
“Where was God when this happened?”
“How can God let this happen to me?”
These are real life questions for people living in a real world with real problems. During the tough times in life when things are hard, people often wonder where God is. The answer is He is exactly where He was and always is. He is at work in His creation fulfilling His perfect will.
“What is that perfect will?” you ask. It is to bring glory to the greatest holiest most blessed being in all creation. It is to honor the One who is worthy of the highest honor. God’s will is to bring glory to Himself.
For self-centered needy people, that doesn’t sound like what we want. But actually it is. We need order in our lives. We know we are not perfect and worthy to be worshipped and praised as the highest and best being in the universe. We know that God alone is worthy to be worshipped and praised.
When we know that and live for that end, we find peace, joy, and comfort in any season of life. Those who cannot find peace, joy, and comfort in any season are people who are looking to have peace, joy, and comfort provided by something that cannot last. They lose peace, joy, and comfort the moment the thing they were counting on is threatened or lost.
When we glory in God alone and seek our peace, joy, and comfort in Him alone, we never are lacking because God is eternal and perfect and cannot cease to be. By living for Him and loving Him above all things and worshipping Him as the greatest good we gain order and strength in our lives.
Speaking of Lazarus’ impending death Jesus said in John 11:4 “This sickness will not end in death. No, it is for God’s glory so that God’s Son may be glorified through it.”
No one who trusts in God dies to God. Our bodies die, but our souls live forever in God’s glory. Those who live in God and for His glory die that way. In between now and that time when thye see God face to face they will have struggles and hurts. People they love will die and plans they make will occasionally fail, but in the end they will live at peace and have joy and receive God’s comfort because they are not counting on anything except God. And God never fails!
Are they sad when people they love die and their plans fail? Yes! Even Jesus wept as He came close to the grave of Lazarus. But Jesus always had hope and joy and peace and gave comfort because He knew even in the tragedy of death and loss God would receive glory and good always follows when God is given glory.
If you have a question or would like to share a thought, email me at jpettis@lhbg.org.
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