WHY?

How many times did or do your children say Why? For us it seemed like that word came out of their mouths a thousand times each day. Sometimes it got to be too much and I would say, “Because” or “Don’t ask me why again!”

Do you ever ask God why? That four-year-old girl from the Shelbyville area was killed by a careless driver in Florida recently. Your loved one has been struggling with an illness for years now and constant prayers have not healed them. The prayers for God’s help with your marriage seem to be meaningless. Your spouse has had so many jobs over the years, you can’t keep count. The struggles with your children don’t bring about change in your relationship. A number of parents continue to be involved in drugs and are in and out of jail. There are any number of issues in our lives that can make us say, “WHY GOD?”

I’ve been struggling to produce an article with the title: IS IT OK TO PRAY FOR GOD TO CHANGE HIS WILL? for quite a while now. Even after editing it what seems like it hundreds of times, it’s still not ready in my mind. The following paragraph from that article has stuck in my mind:

“I’m not sure it’s meant for us to completely understand God’s will. Isaiah 55:8-9 “For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, declares the Lord.  As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.” Romans 11:34 - “For who has known the mind of the Lord, or who has been his counselor?” It’s more the need of man to understand God’s will in whole than His need for us to understand everything. This is where faith comes into our life.”

My daily prayers include a number of the circumstances from above, but no change seems to come in many of them. I even think about eliminating some of these situations from my prayer. I want to say, “Why God?”, my pleas are for the good of these people and for the right reason. So, why?

Does God ever want to say to us “Because” or “Don’t ask why again”. I don’t think so. He’s more patient and understanding than I am. Remember Isaiah and Romans, have complete trust and faith and continue to pray! He does love us especially when we don’t understand!

Thanks

Mike  - This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.