The world is full of pain, injustice and heartache. “Bad things happen to good people.” And we point our fingers at God and ask, “Why?”But there are far more appropriate questions that need to be answered And we are the ones who need to answer them, not God.
Why do I keep or spend everything I have, and then blame God for the poor?
Why do I blame God for the conduct of people who rebel
against him and his will?
Why doesn’t God force me to set aside my will and obey his will, which is to love him and to love my neighbor by my actions?
If I don't like the thought of God forcing me to love and obey him, why do I blame him for not forcing others to do the same?
Why do I blame God for wrongs, even as others heed his call to address them with justice?
If God created people to know only good and told us to refrain from knowing evil, why do we blame him for man’s disobedience that ushered evil into a good creation in the first place?
Why does God allow a sinful me to shake my fist at a holy him?
And why am I so angry at a God who cannot possibly exist because of the evil in the world?
But I digress. It seems we were concerned about the oppressed. What about them?
“Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves have received from God.” 2 Corinthians 1:3-4
Which leads us to one more question. What should I do today – go comfort the hurting, or keep asking God, “Why?”
Hmm. Now that’s a tough one!
[Click here to see today’s reading in Ecclesiastes 4:1-16.]
Why doesn’t God force me to set aside my will and obey his will, which is to love him and to love my neighbor by my actions?
If I don't like the thought of God forcing me to love and obey him, why do I blame him for not forcing others to do the same?
Why do I blame God for wrongs, even as others heed his call to address them with justice?
If God created people to know only good and told us to refrain from knowing evil, why do we blame him for man’s disobedience that ushered evil into a good creation in the first place?
Why does God allow a sinful me to shake my fist at a holy him?
And why am I so angry at a God who cannot possibly exist because of the evil in the world?
But I digress. It seems we were concerned about the oppressed. What about them?
“Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves have received from God.” 2 Corinthians 1:3-4
Which leads us to one more question. What should I do today – go comfort the hurting, or keep asking God, “Why?”
Hmm. Now that’s a tough one!
[Click here to see today’s reading in Ecclesiastes 4:1-16.]
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