Isaiah 40:28-31 (NIV)
Do you not know? Have you not heard?
The Lord is the everlasting God,
the Creator of the ends of the earth.
He will not grow tired or weary,
and his understanding no one can fathom.
He gives strength to the weary
and increases the power of the weak.
Even youths grow tired and weary,
and young men stumble and fall;
but those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength.
They will soar on wings like eagles;
they will run and not grow weary,
they will walk and not be faint.
How many times do we ask “Why” in our daily lives? We see hate and crime. We see a heartbreaking news headline. We see disasters. We see people pushing grocery carts in the street, and we ask “Why?”
Why, God? Why do you not “fix” it all? Why, God? Why do you not make life easier? Why God? Why?
When you read the book of Job in the Bible you see the man Job facing a heartbreaking, painful time, and he and his “friends” also questioned why.
Sometimes I mistakenly think that, if I ask God to do it, He will straighten my thinking out – straighten it all out -straighten the world out. But God knows me. He knows what I need. He knows what the world needs, and much of the time the answer is not “rescue from the hardships!“
Many times, those hardships are just what we need to point
us in the direction of His arms. But
friends, our hardships may not be sent just for us; instead it may be that they
are being used to point others to the arms of our Father. It may be that these
troubles have a role in bringing someone else to the knowledge of God’s love for
His Children. I think, (although, I confess I don’t
always feel) that others should be my paramount concern.
So,
If I ask “Why” when
skies are black,
and angry clouds spill anxious tears;
if I ask “Why” the pain grows constant,
and night dreams preach of groundless fears.
If I ask, “Why this
world seems up-side-down,”
and in its face there is a change.
People’s smiles - replaced by frowns,
and I ask. “Why God?”
There’s so much pain!”
But in all this I know
God’s presence, His comfort, His love is so plain.
and
In His word He will speak tender hope in my pain.
If I listen to His
heart I truly do know
that God can and will use
my grief and my woe.
If I only ask “why,”
but don’t look for God’s plan,
I’ll never see His tender care
as He gently dries my anxious tears
and heals my little world again.
He’s in control! He is able!
He is willing!
He loves You!
He is God!
