Friday, July 28, 2017

Friday's Challenge

I am sure that many of us at some point in our journey of life have asked this one word question. "WHY?" We have sought to understand the reasoning behind the situation/difficulty/challenge, etc. that we were facing. We found no answers in our human reasoning and in some cases we were not satisfied with the answers we found in our "spiritual reasoning." Many of us found no solid answers at all other than the fact that we were going to chose to trust God and walk with Him through these moments of life.

I read some words from author Max Lucado this morning and they spoke to my heart. I would like to share them with you today. There are times in which there is no "rhyme or reason" why a certain situation took place or is presently taking place in our lives but we learn to lean on the presence of God and the strength of His promises.

"Nothing in the Bible would cause us to call a famine good or a heart attack good or a terrorist attack good. These are terrible calamities, born out of a fallen earth. Yet every message in the Bible compels us to believe that God will mix them with other ingredients, and bring good out of them. But we must let God define good. Our definition includes health, comfort, and recognition. His definition? In the case of His Son, Jesus Christ, the good life consisted of struggles, storms, and death. But God worked it all together for the greatest of good: His glory and our salvation.

At some point we all stand at this intersection. Is God good when the outcome is not? Do you want to know heaven’s clearest answer to the question of suffering? Take a look at Jesus!"

God is calling us to trust His heart even when we can not see His hand!!


No comments:

Post a Comment