Why? Because you have turned from the God who can save you. You have forgotten the Rock who can hide you. [Isaiah 17.10a]
Here is an interesting verse in Isaiah!
The question "why?" is quite common in the world today. It is a great question. I think God blessed us in giving is the ability to want to know why.
"Why?" may be the most asked question in the world. If that is true, then the question "why?" provides the greatest potential for truth to be revealed. But, like anything with potential for something good, there is also the potential for something not so good.
One should be cautious about his or her vulnerabilities. The question "why?" is, in and of itself, a vulnerability because it reveals an area in a human that is "blank" - it doesn't have knowledge or an opinion yet. So, where we get the answer to our question "why?" is critical!
Although a lot of people imagine a lot of answers from what they think the Bible says, few actually hold to the truth of the Bible about the question, "why?" Most who question "why?" and then look to the Bible make one horrific mistake in so doing; they ask the question with a predisposed idea of the answer they seek! How does this happen? Its easy, just follow your heart.
Yes, I said "just follow your heart" sarcastically. My reason for so doing is based on the Word of God:
“The human heart is the most deceitful of all things, and desperately wicked. Who really knows how bad it is? [Jeremiah 17.9]
The horrific mistake so many make is that they ask the question "why?" with a predisposition that they did not deserve some particular circumstance because they "trust their heart" that tells them they are without sin (and therefore not deserving of circumstances that make them question "why?").
There are actually two ways to ask the question "why?" First is the question "why?" with the unspoken tag "...did this happen to me?" This is innocent enough. The pure soul is not amiss in asking why something happened and that same pure soul will understand what the Bible says about their question. However, the second way to ask "why?" is with the unspoken tag "...did You do this to me?" Now, we are in different territory altogether. To ask "why did You do this to me?" is dangerously close to making an accusation based on pride! It carries the notion that "I didn't deserve this, so why did it happen?"
I know I am running absolutely contrary to mainstream Christian thinking on this subject. But let me just say that this is not a novel thought to me. Anyone who has followed my life and writings to this point would easily see that this has been developing in me for years now. Furthermore, this has been developing in me as I have made no unmistakable daily commitment to read and understand the Bible.
I am not bragging, but just saying that through this time of documented daily faithfulness in trying to understand the Bible without predisposition I have come to these conclusions. The human heart cannot be trusted! Not yours, not mine! When things go wrong is not the time to arrogantly ask "why?" put ting God on the hot-seat as if we deserve better! When things go wrong is the time to humbly ask "why?" so that we might REPENT!
Let me just get this all by itself:
When things go wrong is the time to humbly ask "why?" so that we might REPENT!
Father, forgive me for so much pride and arrogance in my life that has made me question You in my hard times instead of questioning me!
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