Why Would A Good God Allow Bad Things To Happen To Us
The topic: Why would a good God allow bad things to happen is hard to grasp.
I do not have all the answers, but I hope that these couple of days have shed some light onto the subject.
We had a story in the news a couple of weeks ago, where a boy that was 13 was getting off his school bus after school. As he got off the bus he cut in front of the school bus, and proceeded to cross the street. He did not see the dump truck that was coming in the opposite lane. The dump truck hit the boy and killed him. How could a good God allow this to happen?
When we hear these stories our first reaction is sadness, we are sadden that this could happen, we feel for the parents and the other children he left behind. Sometimes if we do not keep those feelings in check, they turn to anger and confusion. We become angry that it happened and we look to go out and blame someone.
We look to blame the parents, did they not teach their child? But, we look at
the parents and they have 3 other children, so I guess they did. Then we look to blame the bus driver, maybe he did not take the proper precautions, but in looking he has a perfect record and all saftey steps were taken. So, we look to the garbage truck company, they must be to blame. They must have been negligent. But, in looking they followed all the rules.
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If you follow this pattern of trying to put the blame on someone it will eventually lead to GOD. We try and blame GOD, it is HIS fault, HE allowed this to happen. How could a good GOD that loves us allow bd things to happen? We pin the blame on HIM and we start to build up a wall between HIM and us.
We must always remember that we do live in a fallen world, there are going to be things that are going to happen that we will not be able to explain. We must be willing to accept this concept and live in faith. WE must know the the Lord will use this for His good, in some way, ways we may never know. I am sure as JOB went through and even lived the blessings afterwards, he had NO idea that his story would be read by millions of people. And what he suffered has given millions of people hope for the future.
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Insight Into Scripture - Job 25-29
Good Morning! Are you hanging in there while we are moving through Job? Some say that the book of Job can be quite challenging to read, but, I believe that if we break it down, it becomes quite easy.
Today, we start with chapter 25 where Bildad explains that man can not be righteous. Job responds to Bildad in chapter 26 that GOD's majesty is unsearchable, then switches gears in chapter 27 where he explains that he will maintain his integrity.Job then goes on (Yes, this is a long discourse of Job's) to ask where is wisdom? We end with chapter 29 where Job starts his summary of defense.
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If you do not end up reading the entire book of Job, I would encourage you to read certain portions. Chapter 28 is worth taking the time to read. It is a wonderful "Wisdom Hymn." The best part of Job's thoughts are at the end of the chapter, Job sums it up in verse 28:
"The fear of the Lord that is wisdom, and to shun evil is understanding."
Some people have a problem or do not fully understand the word fear. To me fear means being afraid of something to the point of wanting to avoid it. A better word than fear might be respect.
Closing Prayer
Dear Jesus
Thank You Father for this day, the sunshine and the fresh air. Father I pray that I can take that time to just sit back and see Your majestic world around me and not get so caught up in the little things. Father I thank You for this story of Job, this man that had such a heart for You and suffered so much, only to still be in love with You and be so blessed. He, You have taught me so much about suffering. I love You Father, Amen.
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